Garment Project is a Copenhagen footwear and clothing brand founded in 2013 with footwear as its starting point; its collections now span shoes (sneakers, loafers, boat shoes, boots) and apparel, sold through its own webshop, stores and a wholesale/B2B channel. The company states on its own about page that its shoes are handmade in Portugal in leather and suede, with hand-stitched details on several models, while its clothing uses cotton, wool, leather and a specially developed technical nylon. The brand is registered at Pilestræde 40C, 1112 Copenhagen K.
Garment Project’s Portuguese footprint is a manufacturing one. The brand, founded in Copenhagen in 2013, says in the production section of its own about page that its shoes are handmade in Portugal, using leather and suede throughout the range and hand-stitched details on several models, which places it in the group of Danish footwear labels — alongside names such as ECCO with its own factory and the many brands that buy from Felgueiras and São João da Madeira — that rely on the Portuguese shoe cluster for premium, small-batch leather production. The company does not name its factories publicly.
From its base at Pilestræde 40C in central Copenhagen, the brand has grown from a footwear-only label into a full wardrobe of shoes, clothing and accessories, sold through its own webshop, physical stores and a wholesale programme for retailers. Its collaborations with the Danish retailer Storm, the skate label Pasteelo, MODO and the artist Martin The Meat have produced special editions of its shoes, graphic works and a cassette music release, and are part of how the brand positions itself between classic footwear, workwear and sport references.
Danish clothing and footwear are the largest lines in Denmark’s goods trade with Portugal: Statistics Denmark recorded DKK 327 million of footwear and DKK 409 million of clothing imported from Portugal in January–July 2026, both growing at double-digit rates. Brands like Garment Project are the demand side of that number. For Portuguese footwear makers seeking Nordic design clients, a Copenhagen label that already manufactures in the country is a reference customer; for Fractio’s readers on the Nordic side, it is an example of how a small brand can build a Portuguese supply base without a local entity.
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