Clear and distinct shapes are an important element of Hester’s designs, while some have a supple, sculptural silhouette, others look stark and geometric or clearly inspired by vintage bags they are always recognizable as Hester van Eeghen designs and are clearly rooted in a typical Dutch design tradition. Hester believed that the beauty of the handbag design doesn’t only lie in the exterior of the bag but also in the hidden surprising element of the interior of the bag. What you get is not necessarily what you see. A sleek matte black leather bag could be lined up in some extravagant colour and small, mysterious compartments on the inside while a brightly coloured bag might have a simple clean interior. Each bag is a visual feast, the more abstract and remote the form, the more extravagant and tactile the material, always with smartly integrated practical and functional elements.