Rats Have Invaded Copenhagen Fashion Week
Photo: Freja Wewer
Forget everything you thought you felt about rats, those scuttling denizens of subways and garbage cans. Not since the appearance of Ratatouille's Remy has the possibility of these rodents' reputations being rehabilitated seemed possible—until today when Anne Sofie Madsen and Esben Weile Kjær will loose their disco rodents on the fashion pack. Available in four metallic colors, these meant-to-be-memed clutch bags put Labubus to shame. Here, the two artists discuss their collaboration.
Photo: Freja Wewer
Photo: Freja Wewer
How did you two meet?
Anne Sofie Madsen: We met more than a decade ago in Copenhagen. I had just returned from London, and Esben had just arrived in the city and was finishing his A-levels. Esben and Mø deejayed together at the afterparty for the first show I had in Copenhagen.
Paper trail.
Photo: Casper Sejersen
At a stretch.
Photo: Casper Sejersen
How did you start working together?
ASM: It happened very naturally. We were often in the same spaces—clubs, studios, galleries. We just started playing around with ideas and building things together. Nothing felt formal, it was more like a continuous conversation. I think the first actual project we did was a one-off performance piece at Ovengaden. It was never really documented, but it felt like the beginning of something.
In 2016 we did a photo story for Document Journal. Esben shot it with an old point-and-shoot camera in an atelier that belonged to a friend. It was such a beautiful day—one of those rare moments where everything just clicks. Another was for fall 2017; Esben created the shoes and boots. They were made from papier-mâché using recycled newspapers—luxury pieces with an ephemeral quality, shifting the conversation around value.
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