During Copenhagen Fashion Week in August 2025, Anne Sofie Madsen sent her collection ‘Lick the Star’ down the runway. But the dresses weren’t the only thing everyone was talking about. There was also a rat. A glossy, plush clutch in metallic colors with glass eyes, created with artist Esben Weile Kjær and inspired by his fiberglass rats, which have toured museums around the world.

The fashion press embraced it immediately. The Financial Times declared a “rat summer,” i-D called it the new It-Girl of fashion week, and Dazed named it the accessory of the season. During Art Basel week in June 2026, the Rat Bag was exhibited and sold as a wearable sculpture for the first time – and was snapped up.

Now they’re coming home to Copenhagen, as a work of art you can carry with you.

Glam, trash and Black Friday

The rat is the city’s most hated animal and, at the same time, a survivor that lives off what we throw away. In the hands of Esben and Anne Sofie, it becomes a symbol of glamour, desire and cultural power. Launching it on the biggest shopping day of the year is both a comment on hype and overconsumption and an invitation.

“The rat is an animal nobody wants, but it survives. It adapts. We rarely see it as beautiful, but here it becomes something you desire,” says Anne Sofie Madsen.

“It’s not an expensive object. It’s something we can produce, and something people can actually get their hands on,” says Esben Weile Kjær.

Rat Bag – CC Edition Gold

Rat Bag – CC Edition Magenta

Rat Bag – CC Edition Blue

Rat Bag – CC Edition Silver