Women's Suede Jackets, Real and Faux
Suede is the brushed inner split of a leather hide: a soft matte nap that deepens where you wear it most and settles into a patina instead of wearing out. Faux suede is a synthetic microfiber woven to imitate that nap, lighter and easier to wipe clean, at well under half the price. Both sit in this collection, and every faux style carries the word in its product title, so there is never any guessing about which one you are buying.
Women's Suede Biker and Bomber Jackets
The suede biker jacket is the cut most women reach for first. A stand collar, centre zip, zippered cuffs and a curved hem keep the moto shape, and the matte suede finish takes the shine off it, so it reads softer than a smooth leather biker and layers over a dress as easily as over jeans. The hooded suede bomber jacket is the relaxed alternative: rib-knit cuffs and waistband, a removable drawstring hood and a metallic YKK zip. Both come in black faux suede.
Women's Suede Trucker and Harrington Jackets
A women's suede trucker jacket gives you a shirt collar, button front and side waist adjusters, so you can nip it in at the waist or leave it loose over a knit. It is the most structured cut in the range and the one that works best as a shacket through spring. The Harrington is the cleanest: shirt collar, side zip, no hardware to speak of, cut short at the hip. Trucker comes in dark brown, Harrington in light brown.
Three-Quarter-Length Suede Coats
Two longer pieces sit alongside the jackets. The Kandis car coat is the only 100% real suede piece in this collection: a notch lapel, five-button front and decorative seam detail in warm brown, cut to three-quarter length so it covers a dress or tailoring properly. A faux suede car coat runs beside it in light brown with a wide shirt collar and a plush lining. If you want a suede layer for real weather rather than a spring jacket, start with these.
Black and Brown Suede
Suede lives in earth tones, and this collection stays there. Brown is the one that does the most work: light brown reads warm and casual, dark brown reads closer to tailoring, and both sit easily against denim, cream, olive and grey, which is why a brown suede jacket is the safest first buy in the category. Black suede is the sharper choice and the easier one to dress up, since it keeps the matte nap but loses the two-tone shift. Everything here is cut to be worn in rotation rather than saved for occasions.
How Suede Wears
Suede sits between a jacket and a coat in weight: warmer than cotton, softer than smooth leather, and easier to layer over a knit than a stiff outer shell. The matte surface reads quieter than glossy leather, so a suede piece tends to work across more of a wardrobe, over a dress, over jeans, over tailoring. Real suede is the one that ages in your favour; faux holds its finish unchanged.
Fit and Sizing
Everything here is cut with a modern, slightly tailored line through the bust and shoulder. Measure your bust in inches and match it to the size guide rather than going by your usual label size. If you want a relaxed, layered look over a sweater, email us and we will confirm the right size before you order. The real and faux lines are cut on the same patterns, so the size carries across both.
Caring for Suede
Real suede wants a suede brush, a protector spray and a dry closet. It is not waterproof, and a soaked nap needs to dry slowly, away from heat. Faux suede is far less fussy, and a damp cloth plus air drying is usually all it takes. Our care guide covers both, and the real suede buying and styling guide goes deeper on what to expect from the nap over the first year.
Real or Faux — How to Choose
Choose real suede if you want a piece that ages in your favour and you are happy to keep a brush in the closet. Choose faux if you want the look at a lower spend, in a lighter weight, with almost no upkeep. Still deciding on material? Suede vs leather breaks down how each one wears, and faux leather vs real leather covers the synthetic side.
Handcrafted, Direct from Decrum
Decrum has sold direct since 2015 to 50,000+ customers, with no retail markup and free shipping on every US order. Prefer smooth leather? Browse women's leather jackets, leather biker jackets, leather trucker jackets, leather bomber jackets, leather Harrington jackets or leather coats. Shopping for him? Shop men's suede jackets.
Both, and we label which is which. The Kandis car coat is 100% real suede, made from the napped split of a genuine leather hide. The remaining pieces are faux suede, a synthetic microfiber, and every one of them carries the word "faux" in the product title, on the product page and in the specification table. You will never buy one thinking it is the other. Across the rest of the Decrum range, our smooth leather jackets are 100% genuine lambskin and cowhide.
If you want one piece that covers the most outfits, take the black suede biker: the moto shape works over a dress and over jeans, and black suede dresses up more easily than brown. If you want a longer layer for colder weather, take a three-quarter-length car coat instead. If you are buying suede for the first time and are not sure you will wear it, start with a faux style at $99 before committing to real suede.
A suede biker jacket has a stand collar, a centre or asymmetric zip, zippered cuffs and a shaped hem, so it holds a defined moto line through the waist. A suede bomber jacket has rib-knit cuffs and waistband and a straight zip front, so it sits looser and shorter. Bikers read sharper; bombers read easier.
Real suede should not get soaked. Treat it with a protector spray, and if it does get wet, let it dry slowly away from heat and brush the nap back up once dry. Faux suede handles a drizzle without any of that and wipes clean with a damp cloth, which is one of the honest advantages of the synthetic line.
