Producing in Portugal
A private label garment manufacturer in Fragoso, northern Portugal, producing short series for brands across Europe and North America, with our own team and Portuguese partners close by, since 1983.
Why Portugal
Why brands move production to Portugal
European production is not only about distance. It is about how much of the making you can see, and how few people stand between your design and the finished garment.
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Close enough to visit
Fragoso is a short drive from Porto and a short flight from most of Europe. You can stand on the floor where your garment is made and meet the people making it.
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Craft that stayed
Portugal kept the skills luxury needs: hands used to intricate garments, and an industry that still makes its own fabric, yarn and trims.
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Short series are normal
European production was built around short runs rather than container loads, so 100 pieces per colour is a working order here, not an exception anyone has to be talked into.
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Traceable by design
Materials and processes are documented to European standards, at a time when brands are being asked to prove where a garment was made and who made it.
Working terms
Quantities and lead times, up front
7
Days to a first prototype, with fabric in-house
100
Pieces per colour minimum, less for high-value lines
12
In-house disciplines, from design to shipping
40+
Years in the trade, in the same region
Small series
Short runs, without the compromises
Most of what makes a small series difficult sits outside the factory: a dyer's minimum, a printer's lead time, an embroiderer who will not take fifty pieces. Here those steps are all within reach — the core in our own building, the rest with partners a short drive away in northern Portugal, coordinated by our own team. A run of a hundred does not fall between two suppliers.
How it starts
What a first order looks like
Here is what happens between your brief and the goods leaving Fragoso.
Send us the brief
A tech pack, a sketch or a reference sample, with the quantities per colour you have in mind and the date you need the goods.
Approve the prototype
Around 7 days with fabric in-house. You judge the fit, the sewing and the finish on a real garment, not a drawing.
Confirm fit, colour and finish
We finalise the fabric and settle the dye, print or embroidery with you, and freeze the specification before production starts.
Produce and ship
Bulk production runs 4 to 5 weeks from approved fabric, with quality control at every stage, and we handle the shipping.
Practical questions
Before you send a brief
A tech pack, a sketch or a reference sample, the quantities per colour you have in mind, and the date you need the goods. With those we can cost the project and tell you what is realistic on your timeline.
We pack and ship from Fragoso and handle the shipping process on our side. Import duties and local taxes follow your own country's rules, and we give you the weights, volumes and paperwork your forwarder needs.
Yes. One prototype is the usual first step, at around 7 days. It lets you judge the sewing, the fit and the finish before committing to a series — and each additional style is developed the same way.
Yes, and we would encourage it. Fragoso sits close to Porto and its airport, and a morning on the floor usually settles more than a presentation does.
Start a project
Tell us what you want to make
Share a few details about your collection and quantities, and our team will come back to you with the next steps.