The Journal

Field notes on leather.

How leather is made, how a jacket should fit, and how to keep one for years. Plain guidance from a family that has worked in leather for a century.

Vegetable-Tanned Leather: Why It Matters

The slow way of turning raw hide into leather — what it is, why it ages better than the fast way, and why it's been our...

Real leather care is mostly restraint: wipe it down, keep it off heat, and wear it. Here's the short, honest version.

Two of the most confused leather-jacket styles, told apart by cut, collar and hardware — and who each one is for.

Where a leather jacket should sit at the shoulder, sleeve and hem — and why it should fit slightly snug on day one.

The leather grain hierarchy, explained without the marketing — and why the best leather is full-grain, the grade most brands quietly avoid.