A brand by cowboys — Costa Mesa, CA
Between the asphalt
& the arena.
Cowboys & Saints started in a garage off the Pacific Coast Highway — somewhere between a Harley with a leaking primary and a tack room that smelled like leather and sun.
We’re from Costa Mesa, California, where the salt comes off the ocean and the dust comes off the arena in equal measure. It’s not a ranch town and it never was. It’s a place where the horse trailer parks next to the shop truck and nobody thinks twice about it.
The name
It isn’t a punchline. We ride, we rope, we work — and we follow the Lord while we do it. That’s the whole brand in three words.
The cowboy and the saint aren’t two different men. They’re the same man on Saturday night and Sunday morning, and most of us are still somewhere in between, still getting it wrong, still showing up. We’re not here to preach at anybody. We just aren’t going to leave it off the label either.
Harleys & horses
We grew up split down the middle. Weekends at the rodeo grounds, weeknights chasing tail lights down the 55. Boots on Saturday, boots on Sunday — the only difference was whether the boot hit a stirrup or a shifter.
Both of them teach you the same thing, eventually: you don’t get to be in control, you only get to be ready. A horse will tell you that. So will a Harley, usually louder.
How we make it
Every piece is small batch. We print a run, sell what we can to the people who get it, and put every dollar back into the next drop. No pre-orders. No fakes. No costumes. Just clothes built for the life we actually live — heavyweight cotton, real stitching, graphics we’d wear ourselves before we’d ever ask you to.
If a run sells out, it sells out. We’d rather make less and mean it.
Who it’s for
The ones who ride out on a Harley and still know how to load a horse trailer in the dark. The ones who work all week and rope all weekend. The ones who make it to church with arena dirt still on their boots.
If you wear it, you’re family. Ride hard, and keep the faith.
Alex McCormick
Alex McCormick — Founder, Cowboys & Saints
Photo: the McCormick archive