Lélu Léna

Adjunct Faculty

After studying Natural and Life Sciences, Léna shifted her focus to textiles, completing the three-year program at the École de la Maille in Paris, from which she graduated in 2014.

Since graduating, Léna has gained extensive experience, first as an employee and then as a freelancer since 2018, in the luxury sector (Louis Vuitton, Galeries Lafayette, Jacquemus, Lemaire, etc.), international knitwear design and production, and art direction. She also ventured into entrepreneurship by founding her own textile brand.

She has been teaching at the École de la Maille de Paris since late 2014 and, since 2023, has shared the role of academic and administrative co-director alongside Marine Peutat. Her

knowledge on technical and creativity about knit is helping her to give knitwear design lesson in french and english.