White Cotton factory exterior at sunset in Barcelos
Factory tour / 02Lijó — Barcelos

One building, one connected route

Follow a garment through the factory.

From the first production brief to the final carton, see where the decisions become physical.

Enter the building

The production route

A garment does not move in a straight line. Its decisions do.

Each room changes the product. Keeping the work close means a question about fabric, fit or finish can move back to the person who made the previous decision.

  1. 01Brief
  2. 02Material
  3. 03Cut + sew
  4. 04Decoration
  5. 05Check + dispatch
White Cotton sample room prepared for a garment development reviewSample room / the brief arrives
01

Brief

First, make the idea manufacturable.

A tech pack anchors the conversation. The garment, fit, fabric, construction and decoration are clarified before production begins. Still developing yours? We can help refine it.

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02

Material

The cloth enters with a job to do.

Weight, composition, stretch, colour and finish are matched to the approved garment. Certified material routes are sourced through partner mills when the project requires them.

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Fabric rolls prepared on a cutting table inside the White Cotton factoryMaterial store / cutting table
Garments moving through sewing on White Cotton's production floor
03

Cut + sew

Pieces become a garment one seam at a time.

Cut components move through assembly with the approved construction, measurements and handling instructions close at hand. This is where a drawing becomes weight, shape and movement.

Embroidery operator working at White Cotton's multi-head embroidery machineEmbroidery / identity enters the garment
04

Decoration

The mark should belong to the garment.

Embroidery is produced in-house. Print and specialist finishes use the production route best suited to the artwork, fabric and quantity—then return to the same project for approval.

Compare techniques
05

Check + dispatch

The last room protects every room before it.

Stitching, measurements and finishing are checked before labels, packing and cartons are completed to the approved specification.

MeasurementsStitchingFinishPacking
Garment finishing and inspection inside White Cotton's factory

Capabilities

One route. Specialist hands, kept close.

Some work happens directly inside the building; specialist partner processes remain close enough to stay inside the same approval chain.

01

Cutting

Marker planning and careful cutting for the approved construction.

02

Sewing

Garment assembly from light jersey to heavier structured pieces.

03

Embroidery

Flat, puff, chenille, chain stitch and appliqué routes.

04

Print

Screen, DTG, DTF, sublimation and specialist finishes through the right production route.

05

Finishing

Washing, garment dye and finishing options confirmed per project.

06

Packing

Labels, hang tags, individual packing and cartons prepared to specification.

Where the route lives

Made in Barcelos. Northern Portugal.

Factory visits are available for production clients once samples are approved and bulk production is underway. The facility is approximately 40 minutes from Porto airport.

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White Cotton, Unipessoal LdaRua Industrial do Corujo 104750-784 Lijó, BarcelosPortugal
White Cotton's development studio with garments under review

Bring the first decision

We will show you where it goes next.

Discuss your project

White Cotton · Barcelos

Your brand, our factory.

Three generations of manufacturing — minimum 50 units per style, quote back within 48 hours.

© 2026 White Cotton, Unipessoal Lda · NIF PT518355411 · Lijó, Barcelos, Portugal

Fabrics sourced OEKO-TEX · GOTS · BCI