A closer look at where and how our products are made.
Almost all of our clothing and accessories are made in China. For a small brand like ours, it's where we found the partners who could actually bring our ideas to life: skilled, responsive people with real product engineers, real machines and real know-how.
We could have just written "Made in China" on every product page and moved on. But that only tells you the country. On its own it doesn't say anything about working conditions, about quality, or about the people involved. To really form an opinion you have to look at where things are made, how, and what customers think of the result. That's what this page is for.
Factories are people
It's easy to forget that behind every product there are people, and highly skilled ones: people who know the machines, the materials and the small details better than anyone. To make good products, you need the best people in each of those crafts.
We have worked with most of our factories for four or five years now. We have visited their workshops, we know the people inside, and we talk with them almost every day, because developing a product is something you build over time.
Small brand, complicated products
We produce in small runs: hundreds of pieces, sometimes a few thousand, rarely more. Most companies around us order tens or hundreds of thousands of pieces per product. So finding partners with the right technical machines, the right materials and the patience for our complicated ideas is genuinely rare.
We're proud we found them. We take care of those relationships, and they take care of our products.
Cities built around a craft
One thing that amazed us on our first trips: in China, whole cities and regions are organized around one type of product. Necklaces, bags, t-shirts, knitwear, each has its own ecosystem. In a single city you'll find the people who know how to make it, the machines, the people who repair the machines and the fabrics, all in one place.
Everything there is set up to help you make things. It changes what's possible for a small brand like ours.
We're still learning
We're not here to lecture anyone. We learn by doing, every day. This is simply the best way we've found to bring our ideas to life while feeling comfortable with how they're made. It's not perfect and we won't pretend it is: we do our best with what we know today. If the way we work evolves, we'll explain that here too. We're always up for a conversation.
In parallel: France and Portugal
We also make some things closer to home. All our posters are printed in France for now, and some of our t-shirt are being developed in Portugal (WIP), maybe sweaters next. There's no ranking between countries in any of this: we're just exploring several places at once, to keep learning how everything gets made.
What our customers think
After all these explanations, it's also worth hearing from people who actually ordered, paid and received our products.
Wow, what a jacket! Tern is synonymous with quality, and this jacket, which actually looks like a sweatshirt, is incredible. You can feel how thick and good quality it is. It will last me for years, and I'm happy with it
Beautifully made bag. I've been using small bags like this one for 15 years, I guess now I found the one that completely fits my desired style.
i got this as a gift for my boyfriend after she showed me this instagram account, i havent given it to him yet but i know he will be so stoked. everything was packaged beautifully and made its safe journey to me quickly!
Arrived quickly and the bag itself is great quality looks just as pictured :)
👍 👌 great customer service best i think ive ever had highly recommend and appreciate 5 plus 🌟 🤩 ⭐️ returning customer products one of kind!.. Excellent all round!!!....
