Blogs

Zipper pullers and the hidden pocket, the curves of the D-pocket, sleeve stitching and taper, and a tone-on-tone lining. The final details we refined with Real Simons to get as...

How the jacket moved on from the name La-brea to become the Archetype. The story of rebuilding the 1930s Leather Togs D-pocket original with Real Simons, told through the lining,...

A customer worried his black Padova jacket was cracking. It wasn't breaking — it was working. How two engineered layers turn a crack into intended patina.

We're reworking the Mulholland's fit with Real Simons and adding bigger sizes, built from real customer and influencer feedback.

Put Guidi horsehide next to Shinki and ask which wins. It feels decisive. It's actually malformed because a great leather is one used in the right place.

Can you see the pores? It's the wrong question. The four ideas you actually need to judge any leather — and stop being fooled by a price tag or a...

Brake House is Real Simons' official retailer and wholesale partner outside China — and the next phase, joint product development for international buyers, is just getting underway. This post explains...

Inside the Real Simons workshop in Shandong: how the brand picks horsehide, how the floor is divided, what gets rejected, and how the price comes out.

Before Real Simons was a brand, it was a village workshop in Shandong that spent more than a decade making leather jackets for major American heritage labels. This is the...

Discover why natural vegetable-tanned horsehide jackets age uniquely with patina.

We explore three foundational silhouettes: the minimalist single leather jacket, the aerodynamic café racer, and the structured double riders. Each one shaped by real-world demands — and refined through decades of...