Our Story

 

WHO WE ARE

Meira Active is the woman-founded, owned and operated company behind Smooth Duo® Leggings with Built-in Underwear™. Our artfully crafted, panty line - free Smooth Duo Leggings have a pair of activewear underwear sewn into every pair and all of our high quality luxury activewear is produced in the USA in NYC factories. We design every garment to help women shine with more ease inciting confidence and power.

We set ourselves apart by thoughtfully developing each pair of leggings to work for a woman's whole, busy and beautiful life with the goal of bringing out more confidence and power in each individual wearer. Details like extra midsection support in the waistband and solving for visible panty lines with the convenience of our Built-in Underwear™ make what we offer not only well considered but incredibly luxe all while keeping the aesthetic of our products effortlessly chic.

We support and partner with other small scale businesses with high standards for quality including other woman owned businesses in the process of creating our products.

MEANING

“Meira” means shining and giving light. Our pieces are there for you to put on first thing in the morning, giving you a little luxurious hug. There’s a comfort in wearing something so reliable, so well made and well fitting, designs so thoughtfully considered they bring forth our best selves. Whether we’re making VPL free leggings with built-in underwear or highly versatile pieces equally equipped to travel, workout in or mix and match with your favorite jeans, sweatshirt or blazer, we do it because we want you to shine by the light of your own brilliant ease.

We are here to bring more ease into your active days by making a collection of pieces designed for a woman's whole lifestyle. 

FROM OUR FOUNDER

Meira Active was born in February 2020 while I was living in New York City. In between fashion industry jobs I thought I’d keep working on finding my next role and have more time for fitness classes, but instead my attention was pulled towards something else - how annoying wearing underwear with leggings truly was! When I struggled to find a great solution to unwanted visible panty lines and shifting, digging underwear that failed to keep me comfortable throughout the day I decided to create an all-encompassing high quality product for myself and all other women seeking the same things.

Combining a knowledge of garment construction with the desire to create ethically made luxury products, I took my designs to factories in the NYC Garment District to create the first pair of Smooth Duo® Leggings with Built-in Underwear also known as panty line free leggings with comfortable active underwear sewn into every pair. All of our high quality luxury activewear is ethically produced in the USA in NYC factories. We design every garment to help women feel powerful, seen, supported and to shine by the light of their own brilliance with more ease! Thank you for helping our mission with your purchase or by sharing our story with your friends and loved ones. xx