Braga / Portugal
Janes on Rua do Souto in Braga sets out to change the everyday gesture of dressing.
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Dresses of Portugal
5 stores · curated ORBIS register
Visit official site ↗Guimarães, Portugal
Portuguese footwear label founded 2008 in Guimaraes, built on an existing family shoemaking group with roughly three decades of in-house manufacturing experience behind it.
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Ambitious was founded in 2008 in Guimaraes, Portugal, growing out of a family business with about 30 years of prior experience in shoemaking. The brand keeps its production in-house, running its own facilities in Guimaraes as part of an industrial group rather than outsourcing manufacturing to third parties. Its output centers on leather sneakers, loafers, and Chelsea boots aimed at a pared-down, non-trend-driven men's footwear market. Reviewers covering Portuguese shoemaking single out the brand's combination of factory-level control and design restraint as its distinguishing feature. Guimaraes itself is a historic center of Portuguese manufacturing broadly, and Ambitious is one of several footwear brands profiled from the region.
Visit official site ↗Avenida de Londres
On Avenida de Londres, Casa dos Tecidos stocks more than a thousand fabrics, from lace, silk, satin and organza to cottons, linen and curtain cloth. The shop leans toward bridal and ceremonial dressmaking, adding tulle, tiaras, sequins and trimmings for weddings.
Best for Bridal and dressmaking fabrics
Visit official site ↗Brito
Joltex is a family fabric business in the Brito parish of Guimarães, trading dress and menswear textiles by the metre with a quarter-century in import and export. It keeps seasonal fall/winter and spring/summer ranges in a showroom and takes custom orders on colour and quantity.
Best for Dress and menswear fabrics by the metre
Visit official site ↗Portugal
Portuguese fashion house founded in 1988 by designer Miguel Vieira (b. 1966, Sao Joao da Madeira). Womenswear came first, with a menswear line following in 1989 and a leather goods and bag collection launched in 1996; collections have shown in Paris, Milan and other fashion capitals.
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Miguel Vieira, born in 1966 in Sao Joao da Madeira, studied art, design and textile quality control at Porto's Superior Engineering Institute before launching his eponymous fashion label in 1988. The brand began with women's clothing, leading to a men's collection the following year. In 1996, the house launched a leather goods and bags line; over time the name has also been registered across jewelry, shoes, eyewear, furniture and children's clothing. His collections have been shown in Paris, London, Milan, Madrid, Athens, Istanbul, New York and Tokyo. He has received Portugal's Golden Globe fashion award and was made a Commander of the Order of Infante D. Henrique in January 2006.
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