Entitled Portugal Fashion & Arts: Inside the Studios, the initiative takes place on Thursday at INTROOUTRO, in central Copenhagen, and runs from 6pm to 9pm. The event reflects Portugal Fashion’s current strategic direction, positioning Portuguese fashion as a meeting point between creative authorship and industrial expertise, while reinforcing its commitment to the international promotion of designer-led labels.

Aimed at international press and industry professionals, the event offers an insight into contemporary Portuguese fashion by taking visitors behind the scenes of creative practice. According to the organisers, it underlines Portugal Fashion’s growing focus on internationalisation and on showcasing the breadth of “Made in Portugal” design beyond the traditional runway format.

Curated by Marques’Almeida, the London-based label founded by Portuguese designers Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida, the project also marks the launch of the Portugal Fashion True Fashion Manifesto. The curatorial concept recreates a studio environment in which attention is placed on creative processes, material exploration and the dialogue between fashion, craftsmanship, design and culture.

Rather than presenting finished collections, Inside the Studios invites visitors into the spaces where ideas and materials are developed. The emphasis, organisers say, is on fashion as an ongoing process of research, experimentation and construction.

Designed to resemble a working studio rather than a conventional exhibition, the space brings together prototypes, garments, textiles, sketches and handcrafted objects. Visitors are encouraged to move freely through the installation, handle materials and examine details at close range, gaining access to the decisions and techniques that typically remain out of sight.

The selected pieces function as reference points within a broader creative framework, rather than as standalone focal points. The project extends beyond fashion to include craft, design, jewellery, ceramics and gastronomy, reflecting a diverse and interconnected creative ecosystem.

Participating brands include Arieiv X Lo Siento, e.p. atelye, Ernest W.

Baker, Maria Carlos Baptista, Veehana, Aquela Kombucha, Eva Lé Ceramics, Lage Jewellery and RASA. Many of the names were also featured in Portugal Fashion’s recent showroom in Paris during Men’s Fashion Week, each contributing distinct material approaches and perspectives to the shared studio setting.

According to Portugal Fashion, the outcome is a portrait of a creative community in motion, where established voices and emerging practices converge to shape an evolving collective identity.

The initiative symbolically marks the launch of the Portugal Fashion True Fashion Manifesto, which sets out the organisation’s vision of sustainability in designer fashion. The manifesto advocates responsible creation, innovation and the valorisation of craftsmanship and technical expertise, framing sustainability not as a standalone claim but as an integrated way of working across creative and production processes.