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With an easy-breezy, casual-cool style inspired by the Atlantic, Brazil and Lisbon, +351 (named after Portugal’s dialling code), was founded by creative director Ana Penha e Costa.
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Imagine if you could distil the language of Greek coastline living filled with eternal summer and put it into creative textile design. Well, that's just what the Greek siblings Grigoris and Constantinos Samaras did – the founders of cult brand: SEA YOU SOON.
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Inis Meáin Knitting Company is an international beacon of knitted design & simple luxe - perched on the ruggedly beautiful Aran Islands as a warm fashion must.
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For the aficionados of easy, slow wear, Muchache is an ethical brand of soul and purpose, designed for those unfussed with gender rules, 'wear what pleases you'.
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Cue Zeus+Dione, a Greek resortwear brand that celebrates Hellenic culture and lifestyle. The brand, named after the ancient Greek goddess of love’s parents, looks toward the age-old knowledge of artisans all over Greece, who custom-make, weave, dye, embroider and cut the Zeus+Dione textiles.
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Fashion designer Magda Butrym, an alumnus of Warsaw’s International School of Costumography and Clothing Design, her label launched in Poland back in 2014 is causing a fashion wave.
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Specialising in Scottish tweed and textiles in natural woollen yarns collected from the fluffy sheep that dot the isle, Skye Weavers create a versatile range of 100% Skye wool products.
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Keep a fashion-weathered eye on Cecilie Bahnsen, Copenhagen's up-and-coming designer who you can spy from Vogue + Dover Street Market, to Copenhagen's very own streets.
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A true Danish design icon, Copenhagen's Vibskov reaches to the outer edges of fashion with his rebellious style, bright designs & famed 'Piggy' series.
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Samsøe & Samsøe are a Copenhagen-based Scandi fashion brand designing effortless style pieces with cool Latin roots.
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Meet Maria Svensson and Esmeralda Vidfar, two wool-loving ladies from Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast. Based in an art-collective studio space with ten other designers and artists, they create the knitwear that they had always dreamed of wearing as spotted by the owners of the creative fashionista den of Gothenburg, Hotel Flora.
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Fans of Jeanne Damas can now buy into her brand – literally and figuratively. Baptized ROUJE in 2016, Damas’ line of separates is available online only, but ships worldwide.
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