Blogs

Marcus lines up the five cafe racer jackets in his own closet, from a two-year-old TOYS McCOY J-100 to a forty-year-old Schott, and what each one's leather has become.

A photo story by Emerson Kay. One September evening in the Midwest: back roads, a bridge, a pool hall, and the jackets that went along for all of it.

What is a car coat? Flip through a few 1920s Sears and Montgomery Ward catalogs and the story turns around: the horsehide coat came first, the name showed up thirty...

Two days at Leathers Day in Tokyo: the booths that stood out, from Allevole and White's Boots to Double Helix, and Real Simons among the Japanese names.

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...