Sustainable Fashion
André Rocha
André Rocha is a Portuguese designer with over a decade of experience in the jewellery world. His entire production is based on three essential cornerstones: meaning, symbolism and purpose.
03 Apr 2024
Topázio
Founded in 1874, Topázio will be 150 years old in 2024. Created by Manuel José Ferreira Marques, the brand's main differentiating feature is a centuries-old tradition: manual production.
Maria João Bahia
"To create jewellery is to embody stories, to convert memories into beautiful and timeless objects." This is how Maria João Bahia defines her art. The designer took her first steps in this business in 1981, when she began studying jewellery.
Leitão & Irmão
At the beginning of the 19th century, Casa Leitão & Irmão was established. Founded by José Pinto Leitão in 1822 in the city of Porto, over the next 200 years the brand would build a successful career that is interwoven with the very history of jewellery and goldsmithing in Portugal.
António
António is a brand founded by two sisters belonging to the second generation of a Portuguese family of leather craftsmen. The name honours their father, António, who produced leather goods 40 years ago.
26 Feb 2024
ASA Leather Work
ASA is a Malay word that means "hope" in Portuguese. A tribute from the brand's founder, Stéphanie Branco, to her great-grandfather, Luís Esperança, the first craftsman in the family. Four generations later, in 2010, Stéphanie made her first pair of shoes entirely by hand in Paris, giving birth to ASA.
Belcinto
With 56 years of history, Belcinto remains committed to quality and craftsmanship. The company's passion for creating leather goods stems from the experience of two generations and the preservation of a close, respectful and recognised relationship with its employees.
Josefinas
Josefinas is an internationally renowned Portuguese brand. Born as an homage to master craftsmanship, the brand celebrates the heritage of the country's ancestral techniques, strengthening the high quality of Portuguese products.
Original Cork
Original Cork was born in the summer of 2011 out of a desire to create sustainable slippers, which until then had been almost unavailable on the market. The idea was to create a brand of slippers made from cork, a 100% natural, sustainable, recyclable, reusable raw material of Portuguese origin.
30 Jan 2024
SKIZO
SKIZO is a socio-environmental impact company that uses new raw materials to bring revolutionary textile innovations and new patents to the market. The brand's principle is simple but effective: transforming discarded fishing nets and plastic gathered from the ocean into premium textile products.
Savana
Established in 1988, Savana is a company known for producing children's footwear, which it has expanded to include footwear for adults. The brand stands out for aligning innovation and tradition, offering a range of customisable products with a fast, quality service.
Sanjo
Born in 1933, Sanjo has a heritage in its DNA: it was the first Portuguese brand of trainers, inscribing its name in the history of sport in the country. Created in the city of São João da Madeira, the place that inspired the brand's name, Sanjo has become synonymous with Portugal's artistic and cultural expression.
SNUG
Snug is a Portuguese children's clothing brand. From design to packaging, the company is keen to differentiate every detail of its production line, relying on two main pillars: Portugueseness and sustainability.
04 Jan 2024
Marita Moreno
Marita Moreno is a Portuguese fashion accessories brand that was born from a unique perspective of ethics and sustainability. Since its inception, the company has blended Portuguese cultural heritage with socio-environmental responsibility.
Dielmar
Dielmar is a menswear brand with almost 60 years of history. Since its inception, the company has had the high quality of its products as its main hallmark, starting with a careful selection of components, using raw materials and trims of excellence, namely noble compounds.
Carité
Founded in 1990, Carité is a footwear brand renowned for its innovative profile and its international competitiveness, currently exporting 97% of the more than one million shoes it sells. One of its main differentiators is its ability to produce with different manufacturing systems.
Wedoble
With 100% Portuguese design and manufacture, Wedoble is based on several years of experience in high-quality knitwear. The brand is already a benchmark for well-being and comfort, combined with a classic, sophisticated and modern design, creating unique pieces adapted to babies.
01 Dec 2023
Becri
Established in 1983, the Becri Group's operations in the textile industry focus on international markets. Today, with around 620 employees, the company's strategic pillars are innovation and continuous investment in new equipment and the latest technologies.
Polopiqué
‘Creative Texagility’. It is on this concept of textile creativity that Polopiqué builds its central values. With over 85 years of experience and expertise, the Polopiqué group stands out in the textile market for its verticality and self-mastery of all stages of the production process.
Riopele
Tradition is one of Riopele's core values. The company has an invaluable heritage in its historical archive of samples, which dates back to the early 20th century and is often used as a source of inspiration by designers.
Portuguese Sustainable Fashion - A Force of Nature
The film “Mother Nature”, developed by AICEP for the International Campaign “Sustainable Fashion”, aims to be a statement that the Portuguese fashion industry has quality, creativity, talent, innovation, technology and the ability to adapt.
18 May 2023