Career
She is the owner of the House of Paus fashion label, and has been cited by Vogue as the "hottest new name in handbags". Her clientele includes Kylie Minogue, Queen Silvia of Sweden and Queen Sonja of Norway. In Norway, her handbags are sold by Benedikte Ferner who cites Pontine Paus as her favourite handbag designer, and United Kingdom outlets include Paul & Joe, Ananya and Mirage.
She has studied industrial design in Milan before turning to fashion.
In Milan, her handbags were first spotted and commissioned. Born in Greece and raised in London to Norwegian parents, she is the daughter of the London-based investor Christopher Paus (of the Paus family and son of Per Christian Cornelius Paus and Countess Hedevig Wedel-Jarlsberg, a daughter of Lord Chamberlain Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg) and Cecilie Paus, née Wilhelmsen, who owns the Wilh.
Wilhelmsen. Her paternal great-great-grandfather was factory owner and banker Ole Paus, son of ship-owner and banker Christopher Blom Paus (Henrik Ibsen"s uncle).
