LANA’s flagship store in Aachen shows the brand’s beautiful collection. For more than 35 years, LANA has built that collection around one unusual choice: leaving chemical finishing out of the process entirely.
That choice runs through the whole supply chain, which is GOTS-certified from fibre to finished garment. LANA works with production partners in Europe and Turkey, favouring long-term, direct relationships over one-off sourcing deals. Under the GOTS standard, every article is made under safe working conditions, with living wages and a ban on child labour and discrimination built into the certification’s social criteria, not just stated in marketing copy. That distinction matters: a certification with named, auditable requirements carries more weight than a general promise.
On the material side, LANA sticks to natural fibres and skips chemical material optimisation. Softness and texture come instead from mechanical-thermal treatment and plant-based enzymes, a slower process than chemical softening but one that keeps the fibre closer to its raw state. Dyeing follows the same logic. There’s no chlorine bleach and no optical brighteners; LANA uses skin- and environmentally-friendlier dyeing methods in their place, a detail that matters as much for sensitive skin as for the wastewater leaving the factory.
The Aachen flagship puts all of this on the shop floor at once: knitwear, basics and seasonal pieces from the same GOTS-certified range, gathered in one location next to the bio supermarket. Some shoppers might already know LANA from its shop in Düsseldorf.
It’s a straightforward stop for anyone building a wardrobe around natural fibres and traceable, GOTS-certified production, in a location that’s easy to combine with a grocery run next door. Anyone unfamiliar with GOTS can ask staff in-store: the certification covers both the ecological processing of textiles and the social conditions under which they’re made, checked annually by independent auditors rather than self-declared by the brand.
Visitors searching for GOTS-certified fashion in Aachen, or specifically for LANA’s flagship store, will find the full range on-site. The outlet in Weststr. 38 is open every 4 – 6 weeks, but you need to check beforehand.
