Heritage Workwear House · Est. 1989

Garments cut for decades, not seasons.

From one workwear mill in Portugal to 1,800 stockists across 32 countries — FORTITUDE & CO. weaves, cuts, and ships shirting, outerwear, knitwear, denim, and trousers under your label or ours. No fast fashion. No warehouse runs. Only the build.

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35yrs
Heritage Mill
1,800+
Stockists
32
Countries Served
FORTITUDE & CO. heritage menswear — safari field look
N°07
Field Series
3,800 m² Mill · Porto, Portugal
Six Departments · One Mill

From one heritage workwear mill, six ranges of made-to-stock garments.

Each range is composed in our Porto atelier, cut from traceable European fabrics, and finished to retail specification. Under your label, or under ours.

Shirting — heritage oxford & twill 01
Department · Shirting

Shirts & Tops

Oxford, twill, poplin, flannel. Heritage patterns and 14 collar cuts, cut-and-sewn in Portugal from BCI cotton.

92 SKUs 14 fits
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Knitwear — wool sweaters, vests, cardigans 02
Department · Knitwear

Knitwear

Sweaters, vests, cardigans, polos. Merino, lambswool, recycled cashmere. Knit on flat & circular machines from 3 to 14 gauge.

68 SKUs 3–14 gauge
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Outerwear — chore jackets, parkas, overshirts 03
Department · Outerwear

Outerwear

Chore coats, parkas, overshirts, lined jackets. Waxed cotton, dry-wax ramie, recycled wool. Built to last a decade.

46 SKUs 5 shells
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Trousers — chinos, tailored, fatigue 04
Department · Trousers

Trousers & Tailoring

Chinos, fatigue, pleated, drawstring, tailored. 8 oz to 14 oz cotton, Japanese selvedge, recycled wool flannel.

112 SKUs 6 patterns
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Denim — selvedge jeans & jackets 05
Department · Denim

Denim

Selvedge denim jeans, jackets, overshirts. Japanese, Italian & Turkish shuttle-loom. From 12 oz to 16 oz.

58 SKUs 3 selvedge mills
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Trims & hardware — buttons, labels, finishing 06
Department · Finishing

Trims & Hardware

Custom leather patches, woven labels, YKK & Cobrax hardware, hand-finished buttons. Stocked or bespoke.

240+ SKUs custom on request
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Best-Sellers · AW 2025 / 2026

Eight pieces our stockists reorder most.

A curated line of hero SKUs drawn from each department — chosen for sell-through, margin, and the kind of repeat purchase that builds a heritage business.

Olive Fatigue Chino Best-Seller
Trousers · Fatigue

Olive Fatigue Chino

8 oz cotton twill · 6 colourways

€32.40/pc MOQ 48
Lumberjack Sweater New
Knitwear · Crewneck

Lumberjack Crewneck

100% lambswool · 5 gauge

€48.80/pc MOQ 24
Waxed Chore Coat Heritage
Outerwear · Chore

Waxed Chore Coat

8 oz British Millerain waxed cotton

€124.00/pc MOQ 24
Selvedge Jean Best-Seller
Denim · Five Pocket

14 oz Selvedge Jean

Kuroki Japanese selvedge · 5 fits

€78.50/pc MOQ 36
Stone Selvedge Chore Pant Refillable
Trousers · Selvedge

Stone Selvedge Chore Pant

10 oz cotton selvedge · 4 colourways

€54.20/pc MOQ 36
Oxford Button-Down Best-Seller
Shirts · Oxford

Oxford Button-Down

Yarn-dyed · 4 collar cuts

€38.60/pc MOQ 48
Pleated Tailored Trouser Heritage
Trousers · Tailored

Pleated Tailored Trouser

Italian tropical wool · 4 colourways

€68.40/pc MOQ 36
Custom Leather Patch Bespoke
Trims · Leather

Custom Leather Patch

Vegetable-tanned · debossed logo

€1.20/pc MOQ 500
FORTITUDE & CO. mill — Porto Mill · Porto, Portugal
Why FORTITUDE & CO.

One mill. Six departments. Thirty-five years.

We are not a trading house. We are not a sourcing agent. We are a single 3,800 m² mill in northern Portugal — cutting, sewing, finishing, packing — under one roof, one quality ledger, one phone number.

01

Single Mill — 3,800 m² in Porto

From cutting tables to shipping dock. 80+ machinists, pattern-makers, finishers, and a full QC team on-site. No sub-contracted stitching.

02

11 European fabric partners

BCI cotton from Spain & Greece, Merino from Italy, Japanese selvedge from Kuroki & Kaihara, Italian wool from Reda. Traceable to the field.

03

2,400+ patterns in archive

35 years of graded patterns, ready to adapt. Bring a sketch, a competitor's fit block, or a vintage piece — we'll grade and sample within 14 days.

04

Low minimums, 32-country shipping

From 24-piece sample runs to 12,000-piece capsule drops. EU, UK, US, JP, KR, AU cleared. Customs documents handled by our export desk.

Private Label Programme

From your fit-block to a sealed case — in 12 weeks.

A four-step process refined across 600+ label launches. You bring the brand; we bring the patterns, the fabric library, and the freight.

i.

Discovery

Brief, target market, price band, brand aesthetic. We send 3 fit-block options and a fabric deck in 7 working days.

ii.

Sample

Three rounds of proto samples, each shipped with care label, fibre spec and pre-production cost. From €120 / sample.

iii.

Produce

Pilot run (24-100 pc), then production run. Full QC, batch retention kept 3 years, on-site CTP inspector available.

iv.

Ship

EXW Porto, FOB Leixões, or DDP. Customs, INCOTERMS, retail-ready polybag, FNSKU labels — all handled.

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FORTITUDE & CO. mill — heritage archive Mill Archive · Est. 1989
Inside the Mill

3,800 m² · 80 machinists · 35 years of pattern archive.

Our Porto facility houses the full production chain under one roof — cutting, stitching, finishing, packing — and the deepest pattern archive in the Iberian workwear industry.

3,800 m²
Mill Footprint

Single site · Porto, Portugal

80+ machinists
On-Staff

No sub-contracted stitching

12 wks
Brief to Dock

Pilot run to freight

Quality & Compliance

Six certifications. No greenwash.

Every shipment leaves the mill with a complete compliance dossier: fibre origin, social audit, chemical test, and the certificates that matter to your retail buyer.

11
European Fabric Partners

BCI cotton, GOTS organic, GRS recycled wool, RWS wool — all traceable.

6
Certifications

GOTS, GRS, OEKO-TEX 100, BCI, RWS, Sedex SMETA 4-Pillar.

0
Sub-Contracted Stitching

All cutting, sewing, finishing under one roof. Full CTP traceability.

3 yr
Batch Retention

Every production run retained. Full traceability from pattern to ship.

32
Countries Served

EU, UK, US, JP, KR, AU, BR, MX, GCC. Customs handled by our export desk.

35
Years Pattern Archive

2,400+ graded patterns ready to adapt for your fit-block.

Where we ship

From Porto to 1,800 stockists in 32 countries.

An export desk that has shipped into 6 continents. EXW Porto, FOB Leixões, DDP your warehouse. Customs documents done.

Europe960 stockists · 22 mkts
North America420 stockists · 2 mkts
Asia Pacific240 stockists · 5 mkts
Middle East120 stockists · 2 mkts
Latin America60 stockists · 1 mkt
Africa— · planned 2027
FORTITUDE & CO. heritage menswear — in retail N°07 Field Series · In Retail · 32 Countries
Stockist Voices

What brand owners say about the mill.

We tested five Portuguese mills. FORTITUDE was the only one that asked us what kind of customer we wanted, not just what kind of shirt. The first capsule sold through in 11 weeks.

Hiro Tanaka FOUNDER · NORTH FIELD CO. (Tokyo)

From 24 sample pieces to 4,800 production in fourteen weeks. Their pattern archive shaved six weeks off our first run, and the 14 oz selvedge is the cleanest we've sourced outside Japan.

Daniel Albright FOUNDER · FIELD NOTE (Brooklyn)

A heritage workwear chain — 84 stores across France & Belgium. The FORTITUDE build is consistent run after run. Sell-through is 31% above plan in year one.

Yann Mercier BUYING DIRECTOR · MAISON BLEU (Paris)
Start a conversation

Brief us. We respond within one working day.

Tell us about your brand, your market, and your timeline. We send a tailored deck of fabric options, fit-blocks and landed cost within 48 hours.

A

EU & UK Enquiries

eu@fortitude.demo · +351 22 940 00 00

B

North America

us@fortitude.demo · +1 212 555 0118

C

Asia Pacific

apac@fortitude.demo · +81 3 5403 0000

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