BY ENNA is a textile and knitwear studio founded by Enna Ikuta based in Miami.

Trained in textile design at the Rhode Island School of Design, BY ENNA approaches clothing through material first. Each piece begins with an investigation into fiber, structure and surface—how a material holds structure, drape, and responds to the body.

Working with domestic knitting machines alongside hand-construction techniques, she develops textile and garment simultaneously rather than treating fabric as a predetermined surface. Natural fibers such as silk and cotton are combined with specialty materials when their particular properties allow for effects that could not otherwise be achieved.

Every garment is designed and made by hand in the studio. Variations in material, construction and finish are embraced as part of the process, resulting in one-of-one and made-to-order pieces that retain the hand of their maker.

BY ENNA sits between clothing and textile practice, creating garments as both objects to be worn and studies in material, form and the body.