BEHIND THE BRAND

Mission​​

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At Big Raven Portugal, we believe fashion should have purpose.
We create identity-driven garments, produced in Portugal, using responsible materials and textile surplus to help combat waste and the unsustainable pace of the fashion industry.

Our mission is to prove that it is possible to dress well without compromising the planet, by valuing local production, fair work, and design made to last.
We don’t follow fast trends — we create pieces with meaning.

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Vision

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To be a reference in conscious fashion produced in Portugal, creating timeless and meaningful garments that challenge the fast pace of the industry.
For us, fashion is about people: we value every collaborator and worker, ensuring good working conditions and cultivating close, fair, and respectful relationships.
We believe that garments made with care and humanity transform not only the wardrobe but also the way we connect with the world.

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Who we are

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We are a couple and also co-owners and yes, we fight and are opposite in many ways...

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Which also helped us grow this project!

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Rui is more quiet and organised, he is also good with numbers and great with sales and clients.

Charlie is more the chaotic kind of creative one, pretty loud and terrible with sales, but I am very good dealing with workers.

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Charlie is Spanish and Rui is Portuguese, Charlie lived in many places around the globe and randomly stopped in Baleal that now can say that is her home.

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We started very small (still are) but we are very committed to growing organically and not loose the essence on the way.

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We like to travel around Portugal to meet new people, to see who they work, to find small factories and deadstock fabrics.

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Why Big Raven

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Big Raven name came inspired from an tribal legend who talked about a men that saved a whale.

 

Inuit is the name of the tribe, they are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.

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The legend

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One day Big Raven finds a stranded whale.

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Wanting to save the whale Big Raven asks the Great Spirit for help.

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The Great Spirit told Big Raven that if he wanted to help the stranded whale he must go to a place in the forest where the moonlight fell in a special way.

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Once there he would find special mushrooms that if eaten would grant him the strength to carry the whale back to the ocean.

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Big Raven agreed and followed the Great Spirit advice, went to the forest and ate the mushrooms.

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Once he was done he came back to the stranded whale and brought it back to the ocean.

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​What we do

 

This garment is designed and handmade in Portugal. Our production are all manufactured in a small family business supporting local made products.

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We want our business to have a low impact on the environment so all our products are produced using upcycled materials to minimize waste and reduce exceed of production.

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Reduce our ecological footprint using materials recycled or upcycled manufactured here in Portugal.

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When you purchase one of our products you are also taking a step further to preserve the environment. 

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Together with you we could help and make donation to NGOs and people that need.

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• Open Arms - Lifeguard/Sea rescue (NGO);

• Sea Sheperd Portugal (NGO);

• Typhoon Philippines 2021 (directly to friends);

• Ecologi - Planting trees (NGO);

• Unicef (NGO);

• Local NGOs (Ocean Patrol & Rewilding Portugal).

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