My choices.

My swimsuits are made from technical Italian jerseys mostly composed of recycled polyamide or recycled polyester, depending on the model.

The elastane that gives them stretch isn't recycled, because the industrial supply chain barely exists at the scale I produce. I'd rather tell you both than write "recycled fabric" and skip over the remaining 10-20%.

The fibers are OEKO-TEX and GRS certified, the colors hold up to chlorine, salt and UV, and the cut doesn't lose its shape after dozens of swims.

My workshop is in Portugal, specialized in swimwear, working for years with European premium houses.

I chose European proximity over the other side of the world: less transport, more control, a real dialogue with the people sewing my pieces.

I can visit the workshop, I know the people working there, I can go back whenever there's a doubt on a seam or a pattern.

That's impossible 10,000 kilometers away, and I don't see how anyone can claim to make quality without that kind of proximity.

Collection 01 is 250 swimsuits. Eight models, quantities calculated as tight as possible so I don't end up with boxes sitting in a warehouse.

If a model sells fast, great.

If it's sold out, it's sold out, and I'm not restarting production in a rush just to ride the wave.

I'd rather move slowly with pieces I fully stand behind than chase demand with rushed restocks. Overproduction is one of the real problems of the textile industry, and I don't want to start my brand on that.

I worked with Julia, a freelance patternmaker, and we started from a blank page. No existing pattern, no market baseline: we built every block ourselves, trusting what we knew worked for cups AA to C.

The grading, the volumes, the proportions: everything was designed for our body types.

No foam, no push-up, no removable cups. Our swimsuits hug the bust as it is. The comfort comes from the cut, not the padding.

Each swimsuit is slipped into an individual zip pouch made of recyclable, reusable plastic, then shipped either in a box cut to its size or in a recycled plastic mailer, depending on the order size.
No oversized box dressed up to look fancy, no unnecessary tissue paper, no ribbons destined for the bin ten seconds after opening, no decorative filler.
Just what it takes to get your order to you safely, and nothing more.