Stories

Sophia Li | In Her Shoes

We were first introduced to Sophia at the beginning of 2017 through ESSEN friend Lydia Pang after relocating to New York. Sophia was immediately warm, welcoming and full of life. Sophia worked at ...

Sabine Marcelis | In Her Shoes

Born in The Netherlands and raised in New Zealand, Sabine now calls Rotterdam home where she runs her studio experimenting in material, installation and object design. Famed for her unique ways of...

Mary Peffer | In Her Shoes

Mary Peffer is a Los Angeles-based writer and fashion executive. Following a decade in New York City, where she worked in-house for Saint Laurent's Communications team, she moved to the west coast ...

Celica Austria | In Her Shoes

Celica Aura Austria is Marketing Manager of our favourite watch brand AÃRK Collective - a business founded by her boyfriend Sara Su (Company Director) in partnership with her brother Auver Austria ...

Alice Gao | In Her Shoes

Alice Gao is a New York based Travel & Still Life Photographer; her work has been featured in Kinfolk Magazine, The New York Times T Magazine and the WSJ Magazine just to name a few.

Lydia Pang | In Her Shoes

A woman of multiple talents, she works with creative teams to constantly craft new ways to bring brands to life - improving conceptual clarity, visual refinement and design cohesion. Her other ‘da...

Thea Løvstad | In Her Shoes

Thea Løvstad is a photographer and eco-artist born and raised in a small town by the sea, South in Norway. She has always been inspired and influenced by the contrasts of the special, serene Scandi...

Maria van Nguyen | In Her Shoes


Maria Van Nguyen is a designer and creative director based in Oslo. Maria curates a beautiful world where she talks about learning to live a more considerate, simple and better life. We sat down ...

Kate Carnegie | In Her Shoes

Meet Kate Carnegie - Stylist, Fashion Editor, Artist, a friend of ESSEN and woman of true style and substance.