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Ask Pawe\u0142 Robuta what he’s manifesting for the future and he doesn’t reach for the obvious answers. „I manifest working in the atelier of Dior and sewing haute couture by hand,” <\/em>he says with a smile. „To learn all the secrets that the people in those ateliers carry.”<\/em> There is something quietly radical about a young designer whose primary dream isn’t to go viral with his fashion label, but rather to keep honing the craft. In an industry that has learned to speak fluently about craft while quietly sidelining it, Robuta treats it not as an aesthetic afterthought but as foundation. „At some point I also thought – maybe I could move to the countryside and apprentice with a lace maker for a while\u2026 To really possess the craft in my hands.” <\/em>

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Born in Sandomierz, Poland, Robuta holds a BA from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and an MA from the Swedish School of Textiles. As we connect online, he’s just moved to Paris, where at the time he\u2019s interning at the small studio Alphonse Maitrepierre. By most measures, he is still at the beginning of his career- yet his work has already moved across contexts and geographies. His MA collection was presented at Copenhagen Fashion Week; a leather collaboration was shown during Paris Fashion Week; his uniform designs are now worn by guides at the United Nations Headquarters in New York; and his work has also appeared at Panorama Editions, staged in a historic fort near Dharamsala, India. His portfolio is an unusual constellation of experiments and approaches.
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On his Instagram profile<\/a>, his motto reads: finding beauty in imperfections. When we speak about it, he brings up another line that has stayed with him, this time from Annie Ernaux\u2019s The Years:\u00a0\u201cto save something from the time where we will never be again.\u201d \u201cI feel like the two are connected,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he says. The connection is visible across his work.

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Read the full article detailing his works here: https:\/\/www.polishfashionstories.com\/we-love-1\/2026\/4\/pawel-robuta-craft-form-and-becoming<\/a> <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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