In Portuguese, people who can't stay put têm bicho-carpinteiro. They have the carpenter bug. This is our take on carpenter wear, for everyone who has it.
FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T STAY STILL
You know the type. They finish one project already sketching the next. Where others see a pause, they see a gap worth filling. In Portugal we don't call it ambition. We call it
bicho-carpinteiro, and nobody has found a cure. We're not looking for one.
Ours shows up as new shirts, new shops and long dinners that turn into new plans. Yours might be a business, a workshop, a kitchen or a blank canvas.
So we went back to the clothes built for work, the carpenter's jacket and the carpenter's jean, and made them for people whose work never quite stops: the entrepreneurs, the makers, the restless.
Generous cuts, honest fabrics and pockets that earn their place.
WORN FIRST BY VASCO, JOÃO & RUI
When we asked ourselves who should wear it first, the answer took about three seconds. Vasco Coelho Santos, chef and founder of Euskalduna Studio in Porto, and João and Rui, his partners in every opening. Three different people with one shared habit: they never stop.
We found them at Seixo, their project in the Douro with Sandeman, from Sogrape. The light did what Douro light does. Getting them to stand still for a photograph was the hard part.
MEET THE COLLECTION
THREE PIECES, LIMITED TO 150 UNITS EACH
THE CARPENTER JACKET
Heavyweight canvas in a soft sage, with five pockets: two on each side at the front and one on the left chest. Enough room for a notebook, a pencil, your keys and the next idea.
450 g/m2 canvas
75% recycled, 25% cotton
5 Pockets
Brass zip, Hidden placket
Sizes S – XL
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THE CARPENTER JACKET
The same jacket in deep navy, workwear's oldest colour. It goes with everything.
450 g/m2 canvas
75% recycled, 25% cotton
5 Pockets
Brass zip, Hidden placket
Sizes S – XL
THE CARPENTER JEANS
Candiani denim in 100% organic cotton, from one of Italy's finest denim mills. A relaxed leg and proper carpenter details, a side utility pocket and a hammer loop, whether or not you own a hammer.
Candiani Denim
100% Organic Cotton
Utility pocket, hammer loop
Relaxed Fit
Sizes 28 – 36
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The jackets are cut from a 450 g/m2 cotton canvas, 75% recycled cotton and 25% cotton. Most of the fibre has already lived one life, so far less new cotton had to be grown.
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The jeans are made from Candiani denim in 100% organic cotton, grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilisers. It starts out light and gets better the more you wear it.
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The label. Each piece carries a woven label that reads Bicho-Carpinteiro. A small Portuguese joke sewn into the seam, and a quiet reminder that sitting still was never the plan.
ORDER NOW, WEAR IT IN OCTOBER
TODAY — 3 OCT
Pre-orders open. Reserve your piece and size.
IN PRODUCTION — 150 EACH
Made in Portugal. Each piece closes once its 150 units are reserved.
FINISHED — 15 OCT
Production is complete. Every Order is checked and packed.
ON ITS WAY — BY 19 OCT
Shipped within 3–4 days, with tracking as soon as it leaves us.
A BETTER WAY TO MAKE CLOTHES
Our pre-order batches are designed to make better use of what already exists. We reserve a limited amount of fabric and produce each batch according to real demand, which helps us avoid making more garments than people actually want.
For you, it means a piece from a limited batch, made for you rather than for awarehouse shelf. For us, it means using our materials more efficiently, cutting excess stock and moving towards a more considered way of making clothes.
Our first pre-sale, the Barn Jacket, was fully reserved within days.
Thank you. It's the reason we're doing it again.
You pay for what you want. We make what's wanted. Together, we waste less.
