Fashion graduate Lennart Bohle wins a scholarship

For his collection “Modi Funis – I am the printer,” Lennart Bohle received the Wilhelm Lorch Foundation’s sponsorship award, worth 5,000 euros. The award ceremony took place during the TW Forum in Frankfurt on April 29, 2026. A total of eight winners were honored.

In Lennart’s final collection, created as part of his bachelor’s degree in fashion, the theme of craftsmanship plays a decisive role. To this end, he has reworked old trimmings such as cords using traditional techniques to give them a digital aesthetic. “I want to show that craftsmanship still plays an important role even in the age of digital design and AI,” he explains.

“The creations designed by Bohle have a couture-like feel in their distinctive design language,” praised the jury of the Wilhelm Lorch Foundation. The creations also attracted attention during an exhibition at the Berlin Salon.

From Textile Explorations to Couture
Even as a young boy, Lennart Bohle embarked on “textile explorations.” His parents are interior designers—and so there were plenty of opportunities for such excursions. Now 27 years old, he grew up in Lünen, Westphalia. He places great value on craftsmanship. That is why, after graduating from high school, he first went to Bavaria to complete an apprenticeship as a ladies’ tailor at the Windmaißer company in Cham. He then began his fashion studies at the Faculty of Design at Pforzheim University.

Lennart also sought new inspiration far from Pforzheim. He spent his semester abroad at the international Shin Chen University in Taipei. He also used his time in Taiwan to take a longer detour to Japan. Afterward, he went to Amsterdam and completed an internship with the couturiers Viktor & Rolf. Lennart doesn’t yet know if he’ll go on to earn a master’s degree. For now, he wants to gain practical experience—“preferably at a couture house in Paris.”

The Wilhelm Lorch Foundation
The Wilhelm Lorch Foundation is named after the founder of Deutscher Fachverlag and TextilWirtschaft, who passed away in 1966. Every year, the foundation honors projects and talented young professionals in the textile and fashion industry in the categories of design, business, technology, and continuing education in retail. The grant funds are intended to support the award winners in their education and professional development. Since the foundation’s establishment in 1988, 400 grants have been awarded and nearly 2.3 million euros distributed.

(The text contains excerpts from a TextilWirtschaft article.)