Company Profile

Arlette Ess creates prints and accessories crafted from finest materials. Her prints are all based on her original ink drawings, which intricately capture textures and patterns of nature.
The designs often reference elements of our collective cultural identity, reflecting on ideas of who we are and where we come from. Her intricate figurative drawings are multi-layered with references and possible associations, and can be perceived as emotional landscapes, a glimpse into a complex inner world.

Arlette imagines the accessory as a very personal object to which we can relate to with our own experiences and dreams, a cherished adornment which tells stories of our own imagination.
Every one of her objects is designed to be a timeless little luxury, an object of desire to stay with you for a long time.
Arlette has a background in fashion and a degree in Graphics from Camberwell College of Arts.

She has exhibited a range of art and design projects in group shows and galleries in Paris, Berlin, London and Shanghai.
After a stint of print design at Alexander McQueen, she decided to start her own accessories label, ARLETTE ESS, whilst continuing working on various freelance commissions, collaborations and personal projects.
She resides in London, and most of her production is located in the UK.

A list of Arlette's recent exhibitions:

2014 'Ram Place', BARBICAN off site event in Hackney, London

2014 'SOUTH36.32N The New Fashion Latitude' Cadiz, Spain

2013 ‘Perfume, Sir?’ multisensorial exhibition as part of the London Design Festival, curated by Designmarketo

2013 ‘In Dreams’, concept popup as part of the eponymous exhibition at Cob Gallery/Guts for Garters, London

2013 ‘East to East’, group exhibiton of selected East London based artists and designers in Shanghai Xintiandi, China

2012 'Vera Chapter Two', 4 Cromwell Place, commissioned group exhibition as part of the London Design Festival, also shown at the 23th Biennale Interieur, Kortrjik, Belgium (2012)

2012 '24Design', Group exhibition at Unit 24 Gallery, 20 Great Guildford St, London Southbank

2012 'Sex and Death', curated concept store by Guts For Garters in collaboration with Fox&Squirrel 20 Earlham Street, Covent Garden (London)

2011 'Anatomy', group exhibition Cob Gallery London and Guts For Garters

2011 'Vera Chapter One', commissioned group exhibition as part of the London Design Festival also shown at Fabrica Feature in Lisbon, Portugal (2011)

2010 'Surreal Women' Group exhibition and concept store Guts For Garters/The Cob Gallery, London

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