Humana is a non-profit association that promotes the reuse of used clothing through its second hand fashion stores. Since 1998, he has been working on environmental protection through textile reuse and conducting both development cooperation programs in Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau and local support in Portugal. It seeks to make the most of textile waste by collecting, through a network of containers, textile donations from citizens and preparing them for reuse. The goal is to give clothing a second life and favor the circular economy model. Through reuse, a waste is transformed into a resource.

Loja Lira opened on July 7, 2017, that is, on 7/7/17, which, for those who believe in coincidences, are numbers that bode for a prosperous future. The number 7 represents perfection, awareness, intuition and will. The owner, Madalena Lira, a fashion designer, works seven days a week in search of perfection in fashion articles. Specializing in women’s clothing, handmade jewelry, all under its own brand, it also sells fabrics and decorative items. Offering the best price and quality to its customers, it seeks to have several options in men’s and women’s fashion, and to tailor each customer that enters this establishment, in order to feel renewed, another feature of the number 7.

Founded in 1947, Casa Soleiro sells quality footwear and leather goods repair products. It is one of the largest suppliers of shoemakers and shoe factories in the city of Porto. On the façade are two unusual clogs, hanging on the door as if it were a sign, already integrating the memory of that traditional artery near the Sé Church and São Bento Station. Tourists come to Casa Soleiro delighted with a kind of time travel that this establishment provides for those who visit, with the long wooden counter and the boxes and products displayed on the shelves in the same way since the founding of the store.