Eurovision coat contest
The four shooting coats I was sent to trial are all so totally different from one another that to judge them in comparison is unfair and ultimately pointless. Therefore, to review them, I shifted my mindset to the one with which I watch the Eurovision Song Contest.
Each competing nation has its own foibles. These quirks of national character and world view are esoterically exhibited through the medium of the annual music competition. These coats similarly reflect their home countries’ idiosyncrasies and attitudes — admittedly to sport and wild places, rather than universal peace, love and hedonism.
Härkila Retrieve
Sweden is a country synonymous with Eurovision, having won the thing six times. Besides a mastery of pop music, Swedes are famed for their excellence in design, unspoilt wilderness and perishingly cold winters. Step forward the Härkila Retrieve
