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Chloé Paraty Bag

When Liesbeth Rasker came to apply here almost a year ago, I knew within ten seconds that it was a match. First of all, she was a few minutes early. Later it turned out that she had actually parked her bike in front of our building a quarter of an hour earlier but had neatly wandered back and forth on Pilotenstraat until the time seemed appropriate enough for her to ring the bell.

The second problem arose. Our front door was open. Just walking in was not an option. But ringing the bell and having us come down the stairs for nothing seemed a bit awkward to her as well. She did it anyway because it was at least more polite than option 1.

She walked up our narrow spiral staircase with her immensely impressive body. A coat by Patrizia Pepe, boots by Isabel Marant, and on her arm, yes, the Chloé Paraty Bag.

A glance was enough to know that she belonged with us. I told you that a good bag opens doors. Even when they were already open.

Illustration by Josselin Bijl