Inês MouraCo-founder · Design
“If it can't be worn for ten years, we don't make it.”
About OFFCUT
Made slowly, worn loudly.
01 — Manifesto
We started OFFCUT with the leftover rolls from a family mill outside Porto — the offcuts nobody wanted. Three generations of knitters had been making beautiful cloth for other people's labels. We thought it deserved its own name. So we make fewer things, from better fabric, close to home. We sell them directly, price them honestly, and when they wear through, we fix them. Forever.
0The year Avó Rosa bought her first circular knitting machine.
0gsm — the weight of our loopback. Twice a high-street hoodie.
0garments repaired for free since 2019.
0pieces per limited drop. Never remade.
02 — How it's made
Field to fit,
five stops.
Every Loopback Hoodie travels 1,900 km before it reaches you — most of it inside a 60 km circle around Porto.
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Cotton
Aegean coast, Türkiye
GOTS-certified organic cotton, rain-fed and hand-checked for long staple — the reason our fleece doesn't pill.
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Knit
Barcelos, Portugal
Loopback knitted slowly on 1980s circular machines. Slower knitting means denser cloth — 480 grams of it per square metre.
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Dye
Guimarães, Portugal
Garment-dyed after sewing, in a closed-loop dye house that recycles 92% of its water. It's why every piece looks lived-in from day one.
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Cut & sew
Porto, Portugal
Twelve people, one workshop, no production line. Each hoodie is sewn start to finish by one pair of hands — they sign the inside label.
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Repair
Forever
Send it back when it wears through. Cuffs, seams, holes — fixed free, for the life of the garment. 11,000 and counting.
03 — The people
Twelve people.
One workshop.
No agencies, no factories we've never visited. These are the people who design, knit, sew and repair everything we sell.
Rui MouraCo-founder · The mill
“My grandmother knit for other people's labels. This one's ours.”
António “Tó” SilvaHead of workshop · 31 years
“You can feel a fast seam. We don't sew fast.”
Mei TanakaRepairs · Every Thursday
“The best repair is the one you can see. Wear it proudly.”
04 — Honest pricing
Where your $128 goes.
No wholesale, no seasonal markdowns, no inflated “original” prices. Here's the real cost of a Loopback Hoodie — next to how it'd be priced the usual way.
05 — Since 1961
Three generations, one mill.
- 1961Avó Rosa buys a second-hand circular knitter and starts making jersey for Porto tailors.
- 1988The mill moves to Barcelos and grows to forty machines — knitting for brands across Europe.
- 2019Inês and Rui turn the leftover rolls into 200 hoodies. They sell out in a weekend.
- 2026Twelve people, one workshop on Rua das Flores, and a repair bench that's never empty.
06 — Visit
Come and see it made.
Our shop sits in front of the workshop — watch the machines, try every size, and drop off anything that needs fixing.
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Rua das Flores 1124050-265 Porto, Portugal
- Mon – Fri
- 10:00 – 19:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- Closed
- Free hemming & repairs drop-off
- 30-minute fittings, any size
- Workshop tours, first Saturday monthly
“The rare brand that makes you want to own less — just better.”
“A hoodie with the heft of a coat and the soul of a family mill.”
“Their repair bench might be the most radical thing in Portuguese fashion.”
