Construction

The full
floating canvas

Underneath every Meraki jacket sits a layer of horsehair and wool that is never glued, only stitched. It is the single decision that separates a garment built to last from one built to sell.

Built Different

A jacket is only as honest
as the layer you cannot see

It moves with you

The canvas floats between cloth and lining rather than being glued to it, so the chest breathes and follows the body instead of resisting it.

It never bubbles

Fused jackets rely on adhesive that eventually separates after dry cleaning. A floating canvas has nothing to fail — there is no glue in the garment.

It learns your shape

Horsehair and wool take a memory over the first year of wear. The jacket ends up shaped to your posture in a way no pattern alone can achieve.

A Labour of Time and Skill

Thousands of stitches,
none of them visible

The canvas is shaped by hand, curved into the chest with a needle held at an angle and thousands of small pad stitches that tighten the horsehair progressively. Done well, it disappears; done badly, it cannot be corrected later.
Pad stitches per lapel pair
500 +
Hours on the canvas alone
0
Fittings before it is set
2

Canvassed vs Fused

The difference, line by line

Chest structure

Meraki

Full floating horsehair canvas, hand-padded

Fused

Fused interlining glued to the cloth

Lapel roll

Meraki

Soft, three-dimensional, worked by hand

Fused

Pressed flat, sharp crease at the fold

Lifespan

Meraki

Decades, with alterations and pressing

Fused

Three to five years before delamination

Drape

Meraki

Cloth hangs from the shoulder freely

Fused

Cloth stiffened by adhesive backing

Repairability

Meraki

Fully re-cut and altered from inlays

Fused

Limited, adhesive prevents reshaping

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