STAGE ONE
Basting
The canvas loosely stitched to the wool, not glued. Fused jackets skip this step entirely, and it shows the first time you dry-clean one.
Four stages, one lapel
Full canvas, not fused. You can tell within a year.
A fused jacket glues a stiffener to the wool. It looks identical on day one and bubbles at the first dry cleaning. A canvas jacket is basted, hand pad-stitched, and pressed, four real steps a fused jacket skips entirely.
Fittings open today, most orders take about four weeks.
The four stages
Same lapel, same order, every jacket.
STAGE TWO
Pad stitching
Thousands of tiny hand stitches through the lapel, shaping a roll a machine can't reproduce.
STAGE THREE
Pressing
Heat and steam set the roll permanently, so the lapel holds its shape without the stitching ever showing on the surface.
STAGE FOUR
Fitting
Adjusted on your actual shoulders, not a standard block. The only stage a made-to-measure jacket also gets.
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See order types, pricing, and how to tell canvas from fused.