“My passion for knitwear started at a very young age. I made my first piece - a crocheted tablecloth - when I was seven. In a way knitwear chose me as it has always been around me and our house was all decorated in knitted and crocheted cushions, pictures and toys. For me knitwear is comparable to my mother tongue: it’s a sort of language embedded in my DNA and I find it easy to express myself through it. The best part of being a knitwear designer is that I can create my own fabric just with a needle and yarn.”

With a background in business studies, Lithuanian-born knitwear designer Laura Theiss graduated in 2009 from Central Saint Martins and is now dividing herself between Germany and the UK.


Her graduation collection “The World, The Flesh and The Devil” shows her signature style and structural and patterning potential: the designer creates new juxtapositions of shapes and fabrics by pleating, layering and twisting the knits of her dresses and opting for an unusual mix of colours, coming up with high contrasts, interesting volumes and sporty but sensual pieces.