Thibaut Knapp is a French-German multidisciplinary fashion designer who grew up between Paris and the Black Forest. The tension between the pulsating capital and the rawness of untamed nature shaped his creative path from an early age. After studying Womenswear at the Royal College of Art in London and working for Rick Owens and Charlotte Knowles, he founded his own atelier to explore textile development, pencil drawing, sculptural installations, and tech-couture garments.

Knapp pushes technical apparel into uncanny terrains, where eco-conscious textiles and otherworldly silhouettes emerge. Rooted in the Romantic theory of Wanderlust—the quest to access metaphysical realms through solitary communion with immense landscapes—he approaches design as ritual and transcendental exploration. Specializing in cutting on the stand, he sculpts fabric onto the body that he envisions as a landscape, merging craftsmanship with the wild forces of nature: a hip becomes a mountain, a draping a river, a rubber-coated fabric a torrent of lava.

His hybrid designs—soil-aged leathers, real plants frozen in silicone, and geologically layered, weatherproof prints—have caught the eye of Zendaya, Donna Huanca, Zaho de Sagazan, among many others. Building his own mythology, Knapp crafts an essential wardrobe for the lustful wanderer and the 21st-century Neo-Romantic explorer.

Thibaut Knapp will be a part of the all-night Mimer performance/installation Here, a nut falls twice.