Aesther Ekme

Aesther Ekme was founded in 2017 in Copenhagen by French designer Sevrine Goyard as a contemporary luxury handbag-and-accessories brand specifically focused on what Goyard described as 'a deliberately-architectural, deliberately-minimalist Scandinavian-Mediterranean handbag vocabulary.' The brand has been one of the defining post-2017 Scandinavian-anchored contemporary-luxury-handbag brands, with the iconic Aesther Ekme Sac handbag (the brand's defining 2018-era product) anchoring the broader brand cultural position. The Aesther Ekme vocabulary settled around several specific products: the iconic Sac handbag (a soft-Italian-leather sculptural-shoulder-bag with the brand's signature curved-strap construction — the defining post-2018 'quiet-luxury-handbag' product), the Midi Sac variant, the Mini Sac variant, the iconic Aesther Ekme Pochette clutch, various deliberately-architectural leather mini-bag and pouch programs, and a colour palette anchored to washed-cream, oxblood, washed-charcoal, ecru, soft-pink, plus the brand's recurring use of natural-tan and washed-grey leather tones. Production is split between Italian leather workshops and selected European production partners. The brand is independent and held by Goyard plus institutional Scandinavian investors. Aesther Ekme operates with no permanent retail of its own, distributing through SSENSE, MATCHES, Net-a-Porter, Mytheresa, Lane Crawford, Bergdorf Goodman, the Webster, Boontheshop, and a curated set of contemporary-luxury-accessories specialty retailers globally. The brand has been one of the most quietly successful post-2017 Scandinavian-anchored 'quiet-luxury-accessories' brands.