For over ninety years, Canali has interpreted Italian tailoring through a precise balance of knowledge, research and savoir-faire. A heritage built over time, shaped by gestures passed down through generations, refined expertise and meticulous attention to raw materials. Yet the beauty of a Canali jacket lies not only in what appears. It takes shape beneath the surface, through the two hundred sartorial steps that gradually transform a flat piece of fabric into a three-dimensional construction.
The making of a Canali jacket
Under the Surface explores eight particularly significant moments in this process, as the fabric is interpreted, acquires structure and begins to define the final result.
It all begins with the material. The fabric is selected, observed and touched. It is the first encounter with what the jacket will become. Then comes the cut: the moment when a still-flat surface begins to take a precise direction. Technology and sartorial expertise work together as every element finds its place.
The construction develops progressively. Layers meet, parts come together, and the inner canvas begins to give the jacket body without adding weight. It is a work of precision and sensitivity, in which what remains hidden determines the naturalness of what will ultimately be visible.
A dense network of stitches guides the lapel into its natural curve. The construction of the shoulder, one of the most complex stages, requires experience and months of training to master. This is where the jacket acquires precise support without becoming rigid, allowing it to follow the body without restricting movement.
Then comes the stage in which everything is brought into harmony. Proportions are checked, details refined and every component carefully balanced with the others. Until the final pressing, which is not simply a finishing touch, but a true act of shaping.
The entire process gives the jacket what Canali calls its memory: the ability to be worn, folded or packed into a suitcase and still return to its original shape. These steps reveal what normally remains invisible. Together, they convey the meaning of a construction in which every gesture adds something essential — structure, movement, character and durability — without ever asserting itself on its own.
1. Before form, there is material
2. Precision begins with seeing
3. The canvas gives form to what does not yet exist
4. What cannot be seen is what holds everything together
5. Time settles the construction
6. Structure becomes movement
7. The lapel finds its natural roll
8. The jacket remembers its shape
This is the essence of Under the Surface: the apparent simplicity of a garment that holds within it the depth of the work required to create it. Value is built from within.
Four artists, four cities
01
23 / 10
China
Beijing
02
04 / 11
United States
New York
03
10 / 11
Italy
Milano
04
27 / 11
India
Mumbai
The construction, the hands, the time it takes. Under The Surface brings that story closer, through a series of events around the world, meeting the world of art. From city to city, four artists are invited to explore what lies beneath, in a dialogue between their work and Canali.
For over ninety years, Canali has interpreted Italian tailoring through a precise balance of knowledge, research and savoir-faire. A heritage built over time, shaped by gestures passed down through generations, refined expertise and meticulous attention to raw materials. Yet the beauty of a Canali jacket lies not only in what appears. It takes shape beneath the surface, through the two hundred sartorial steps that gradually transform a flat piece of fabric into a three-dimensional construction.
The making of a Canali jacket
Under the Surface explores eight particularly significant moments in this process, as the fabric is interpreted, acquires structure and begins to define the final result.
It all begins with the material. The fabric is selected, observed and touched. It is the first encounter with what the jacket will become. Then comes the cut: the moment when a still-flat surface begins to take a precise direction. Technology and sartorial expertise work together as every element finds its place.
The construction develops progressively. Layers meet, parts come together, and the inner canvas begins to give the jacket body without adding weight. It is a work of precision and sensitivity, in which what remains hidden determines the naturalness of what will ultimately be visible.
A dense network of stitches guides the lapel into its natural curve. The construction of the shoulder, one of the most complex stages, requires experience and months of training to master. This is where the jacket acquires precise support without becoming rigid, allowing it to follow the body without restricting movement.
Then comes the stage in which everything is brought into harmony. Proportions are checked, details refined and every component carefully balanced with the others. Until the final pressing, which is not simply a finishing touch, but a true act of shaping.
The entire process gives the jacket what Canali calls its memory: the ability to be worn, folded or packed into a suitcase and still return to its original shape. These steps reveal what normally remains invisible. Together, they convey the meaning of a construction in which every gesture adds something essential — structure, movement, character and durability — without ever asserting itself on its own.
This is the essence of Under the Surface: the apparent simplicity of a garment that holds within it the depth of the work required to create it. Value is built from within.
The construction, the hands, the time it takes. Under The Surface brings that story closer, through a series of events around the world, meeting the world of art. From city to city, four artists are invited to explore what lies beneath, in a dialogue between their work and Canali.
Four artists, four cities
01
23 / 10
China
Beijing
02
04 / 11
United States
New York
03
10 / 11
Italy
Milano
04
27 / 11
India
Mumbai
For over ninety years, Canali has interpreted Italian tailoring through a precise balance of knowledge, research and savoir-faire. A heritage built over time, shaped by gestures passed down through generations, refined expertise and meticulous attention to raw materials. Yet the beauty of a Canali jacket lies not only in what appears. It takes shape beneath the surface, through the two hundred sartorial steps that gradually transform a flat piece of fabric into a three-dimensional construction.
The making of a Canali jacket
Under the Surface explores eight particularly significant moments in this process, as the fabric is interpreted, acquires structure and begins to define the final result.
It all begins with the material. The fabric is selected, observed and touched. It is the first encounter with what the jacket will become. Then comes the cut: the moment when a still-flat surface begins to take a precise direction. Technology and sartorial expertise work together as every element finds its place.
The construction develops progressively. Layers meet, parts come together, and the inner canvas begins to give the jacket body without adding weight. It is a work of precision and sensitivity, in which what remains hidden determines the naturalness of what will ultimately be visible.
A dense network of stitches guides the lapel into its natural curve. The construction of the shoulder, one of the most complex stages, requires experience and months of training to master. This is where the jacket acquires precise support without becoming rigid, allowing it to follow the body without restricting movement.
Then comes the stage in which everything is brought into harmony. Proportions are checked, details refined and every component carefully balanced with the others. Until the final pressing, which is not simply a finishing touch, but a true act of shaping.
The entire process gives the jacket what Canali calls its memory: the ability to be worn, folded or packed into a suitcase and still return to its original shape. These steps reveal what normally remains invisible. Together, they convey the meaning of a construction in which every gesture adds something essential — structure, movement, character and durability — without ever asserting itself on its own.
This is the essence of Under the Surface: the apparent simplicity of a garment that holds within it the depth of the work required to create it.
Value is built from within.
The construction, the hands, the time it takes. Under The Surface brings that story closer, through a series of events around the world, meeting the world of art. From city to city, four artists are invited to explore what lies beneath, in a dialogue between their work and Canali.
Four artists, four cities
01
23 / 10
China
Beijing
02
04 / 11
United States
New York
03
10 / 11
Italy
Milano
04
27 / 11
India
Mumbai
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