1996–1997
A creative beginning
The original ACNE collective worked across design, advertising and film. A small run of jeans helped turn its fashion experiment into a label in its own right.
The House & Its Designers
Acne Studios
Stockholm · 1996
Denim roots, unexpected proportions, a Stockholm point of view.
Acne Studios grew out of a Stockholm creative collective. Its clothes and bags bring the same curiosity to familiar forms: a shifted seam, an exaggerated proportion or a knot where a buckle might be.
10 photographs · Reviewed August 2026
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01 / The house
The story behind the name.
The studio
Beyond denim
Under co-founder Jonny Johansson, the vocabulary expanded into tailoring, leather, knitwear and accessories. Art, photography and architecture remain recurring reference points.
The bags
Shape does the work
The Musubi’s oversized knots and the Distortion’s angled construction translate that approach into leather goods. Their identity comes from the silhouette as much as the name on the bag.
02 / The designers
The people who shaped the house.
Selected creative chapters; dates distinguish appointments from runway debuts.
Co-founder
Jonny Johansson
Johansson connects the label’s denim beginnings with its experiments in cut, colour and materials.
On the runway
Selected looks and details, matched to the house and season.
Acne Studios · Spring 2024 Ready To Wear
Acne Studios · Fall 2024 Ready To Wear
03 / The bags
A vocabulary in leather and form.
A selection of the house’s designs. Resale photographs illustrate individual examples; size, finish and condition vary.
01
Distortion
An angled shoulder bag that makes asymmetry its defining detail.
02
Musubi
Oversized side knots give this leather bag its sculptural profile.
03
Platt
A pared-back leather silhouette with minimal hardware.
More designs to know
- Rope
- Rope-like handles turn a practical bag into a study in texture.
- Pull-Through
- Leather drawn through the body creates the bag’s gathered shape.