Blogs

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...

Not all great leather has to be Shinki. At Brake House, we use Polish-sourced horsehide finished in Padova to create a refined tea-core leather that rivals top-tier hides. With direct-to-rider...

More than just style — a good leather jacket is a second skin for the road. In this post, we explore why leather is at the heart of Brake House...