For a US brand, the hard part is rarely the first sample. It is the second season, the reorder, the correction that comes back right. We make your collection in Portugal and stay with it after it ships, with the same people and a working day that overlaps yours.
The distance is real, so what matters is who is on the other side of it: the making, the relationship, and someone who follows your product after it ships.
Pattern work, construction and finishing at the level a luxury label needs, reviewed with you at each stage rather than only at the end.
You keep the same people from first sketch to repeat order, and you speak to whoever actually knows your product. No account rotating away from you each season.
Sizing, wear feedback, a reorder, a correction for the next season: we keep following the style once it is in your store, and it goes into the next run.
Portugal runs five hours ahead of New York. A question sent in your morning is answered before your afternoon, which keeps a long-distance working relationship feeling local.
Import, freight, order size and visiting: the four things that decide whether a Portuguese factory is workable for you.
As a normal commercial import. We provide the commercial invoice, packing list and origin documentation, and we ship to the port or airport your forwarder nominates. Duties and taxes are set by US rules on the goods and their value, not by the factory.
A single style at 100 pieces per colour. A prototype on its own takes around seven days, which is usually the cheapest way to test how we work before committing to a run.
Both, and we give you the weights and volumes so you can compare. Air suits small, time-sensitive deliveries; sea suits a full season ordered in advance, where the saving pays for the wait.
Yes. Fragoso is a short drive from Porto, and it is a straightforward trip from most US cities. A morning on the floor settles more than a presentation.
One team, from the first enquiry through prototypes, production and reorders. The person who quotes your project stays on it, writes to you in English, and keeps the record of your measurements and standards.
Yes. Sweats, jersey and knitwear for American brands, developed and made by the same team that answers your emails, from the first prototype through to repeat orders.
Share a few details about your collection and quantities, and our team will come back to you with the next steps.