1947-2022
♰ Ines van den Born
Founder, gloves designer and equal rights activist.
Around 18 years of age. Ines grew up as the youngest of 6 siblings in a posh Dutch family and chique surroundings in Wassenaar.
The Hague - 1950's | Each year luxurious department store Meddens opened by appointment for Ines and her family to get bespoke leather gloves.
Ines was born and raised in an elegant time - a time that makes you reminisce of days when people always wore leather gloves in Le Métro de Paris, at the Royal Opera House, London or strolling around the Florentine Ponte Vecchio on Sunday afternoons...
Amsterdam 1999 | A rare picture of Ines sewing a new prototype in her atelier.
Bob, owner. Raised between gloves as the son of Ines.
A family business, 3 generations in one picture.
Amsterdam, Vondelpark 2001 | One of the daughters modelling for Ines, a family business.
The van den Born family back in the 1940's.
Over the years
Designs
From the first fingerless gloves to the longest leather gloves.
Amsterdam around 1996 | Ines' first design - "I just bought a pair of gloves and cut off the fingers."
Did you know: Ines also used to design leather inspired jewelry.
Old Ines Gloves logo/label.
For men's gloves, Ines chose to use impeccable peccary leather.
Back in the 2000's Ines was famous for the driving gloves in lots of vibrant colors.
Ines used to carry a second label: Dutch Leather Design with hot pants, brah's, bedcovers and stockings all made from thin gloves leather in the collection.
Special soft stretch leather became one of Ines' bestsellers.
Our beloved
Amsterdam
The city where everyone can be free and which inspired Ines so much. It's our home. With its charming buildings and canals, it is a stage for many of our shoots.
Ines Head office | Canals of Amsterdam.
The stylist wall at the office.
Amsterdam 2017 | Campaign shoot.
Amsterdam 2019 | Bob modelling Ines' Peccary fingerless gloves on a cold and sunny morning.
Memories
Florence
Our creative Valerio, son in law of Ines, was born and raised in Florence so we go there often to work and eat. And most of the time we take Kim with us to show her around.
Over the years
In the media
Collaborations & celebrities.
2008 | "When Patricia Field reached out to us, I was exciting to hear the Half Scoop gloves would be featured in Sex & The City the movie."
Amsterdam 2016 | AFW - Blueblood x Ines.
UK 2009 | Chanel Iman and Jourdan Dunn wearing Ines, styled by Edward Enninful for i-D magazine.
Vogue Italia, 2009 | Lara Stone captured by Paolo Roversi styling by Edward Enninful.
A gift from a customer - illustration by Hilbrand Bos
USA 2009 | A little story behind our collaboration:
"Vera Wang and I have got more in common: I was unable to find the gloves I liked and started to make them myself.
Vera was unable to find a dress for her own marriage and sketched her own design."
Elegance, seduction, inspiration.
2009 | Harper's BAZAAR.
Amsterdam 2016 | One of the first campaigns with Kim Kiona shot in the Vondelpark.