Hester van Eeghen

[2] She learned the technical craft of leather construction by working with a suitcase designer who encouraged her to perfect the smallest details.

[3] She scraped together money to buy small pieces of leather, and created bags, one by one, which she sold in local street markets.

[6] Van Eeghen has designed collections for other brands such as Paco Rabanne, Marlboro Classics, Jaguar, Castelijn en Berens.

Her work was published in over 200 interviews in magazines (NRC Handelsblad, Volkskrant, International Herald Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Trouw, Het Parool, De Telegraaf, Het Financieel Dagblad – HP/De Tijd, Vrij Nederland, Art Aurea, Holland Herald etc..), television and radio.

Simon Schama describes her work as follows: "That instinct for engineering produces beautiful twists, the essence of a great van Eeghen design, driven by the love of morphing loops and mutations.