LAN KREBS
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ABOUT Lan Krebs :
Lan Krebs is a Slovenian fashion designer whose practice redefines the relationship between material, form, and function. A Master’s graduate of the Swedish School of Textiles, he specializes in circular knitting and digital garment prototyping, merging traditional craft with forward-looking innovation. His work has already earned international recognition, including the prestigious H&M Design Award (2025), as well as the Perspektivni BIG SEE (2021) and Daljnogled DOS (2020) awards. Beyond the studio, his experience spans fashion weeks, television styling, and even the design of uniforms for the United Nations — testifying to the versatility of his approach.
At the heart of Krebs’ creative practice lies a fascination with jersey, often regarded as a plain, utilitarian fabric. In his graduate collection, he sought to challenge this perception by reimagining jersey as a dynamic and expressive medium. Using machine-made tubular knits, he explored how wrapping, layering, pleating, and sculpting fabric directly on the body can generate bold silhouettes without adhering to conventional garment structures. Each garment begins as a seamless knitted tube, manipulated through gathering and experimentation with angles and transparency, resulting in open-ended designs with no fixed front, back, inside, or outside.
This openness invites interaction, play, and individual styling, while also reflecting a broader philosophy of adaptability and freedom. Materials such as cotton and viscose allow responsiveness to color in space dyeing, while synthetic fibers ensure that pleats and devoré effects are preserved over time. Color itself is approached instinctively, chosen immediately before knitting or dyeing, guided by emotional response rather than premeditated palettes.
Sustainability is a central concern in Krebs’ process, understood not only as ecological responsibility but also as a long-term engagement with systems that sustain creativity. By working with standardized single jersey fabrics, he demonstrates how minimal, intentional interventions can radically shift both form and meaning. The result is a body of work that echoes the complexity of natural forms, where an overlooked, “ordinary” material is elevated into something extraordinary.
Through this research-driven practice, Krebs positions fashion as both innovation and transformation — a language where simplicity and experimentation coexist, and where the future of textiles can be redefined through the reinvention of the familiar.
