Norton Barrie's History:

Norton Barrie was established in 1969 by Barrie Norton in the height of the Carnaby Street revolution. Barrie successfully brought this revolution to the north, making us into a destination store. The 1st shop was in Chorlton and although it moved location in 1999 it is world renowned to celebrities from the world of sport and film. Famous clients in those days were the likes of George Best and The Drifters. Through the decades we styled fashion conscious TV personalities from Paul Nichollas to Roy Walker to Chris Tarrant to Jeremy Paxman. More recently we have styled bands such as M People, Happy Mondays and singers Mick Hucknall and Russell Watson.

Barrie always had a love for sport and during the years has dressed all the local teams for different sporting occasions including Man Utd's FA Cup teams and also Lancashire cricket teams.
 
In 2008, Barrie sadly passed away and the business was taken over by his son Blake who with his team has continued with Barrie's philosophy of unique styling with a point of difference and a personal service. Clients more recently include David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rio Ferdinand, Kid British and The Script.

In 2009 Norton Barrie celebrated 40 years of business and dressing the stylish men of the north. We currently have 2 stores in Bolton and Wilmslow. Nortonbarrie.co.uk has been designed to be another addition to our already successful business.  You can now shop online with confidence and experience the best brands and latest trends as well as exceptional advice on fashion and a great customer service.

Norton Barrie’s Guide to Measuring and Sizes

Measuring yourself and understanding what size you need is crucial when shopping on the internet. Measurements can be dramatically different from brand to brand due to style, spec and country of origin, even if garments have the same size labels inside. Collar size, waist and leg length are fairly straightforward but upper body garment measurements are far more complicated.

However three simple comparisons can simplify this.

Armpit to Armpit (A)
The most effective measurement is the pit to pit of a garment. This is taken by laying the garment flat, face up and measuring the cloth from its widest point from under the armpit to the other armpit. The best way to assess the measurement you require is to measure a garment of similar description which fits you well (i.e. if you are buying a jumper you should measure one you own and like the fit of to judge which size you require when making your purchase). Never be misled by your actual chest measurement, for example if your chest measures 40 inches all around and you divide by two giving you a pit to pit of 20 inches that would actually be too small as you need at least one to two inches in a garment to allow for movement.

Collar to Hem (B)
This is the measurement is taken from the bottom of the collar to the bottom of the hem on a garment. To obtain this the item must be laid flat but this time front down so you can measure the back. Again a good fitting equivalent item should be used to establish the measurements required.

Armpit to Cuff (C)
This measurement is taken from the inner arm, measuring from armpit to end of the cuff at the wrist on a long sleeved garment. Yet again it is recommended you take this measurement from a comparative item that fits you well.
European Size Guides
European garments are basically 10 inches bigger on the top half of the body and 16 inches bigger on the bottom than UK sizes, to simplify it please look at the chart below.

Euro chest  46  48  50  52  54   56   58
UK chest    36  38  40  42  44   46   48
Body equiv  XS  S   M    L   XL  XXL XXXL

For any of the measurements on an item you are interested in purchasing then please do not hesitate to call us on: 01204 361 852, we will be more than happy to help!

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