Blog – SASKIA

COVID-19 But Make It Fashion

Posted by Saskia de Vries · May 29, 2020

So much about how we lived and how we spent our days is in a holding pattern right now. The things we wear create ritual and connection, and we need those things right now more than ever.

Rocks in my backpack

Posted by Scott Kerns · April 28, 2020

If you know our company, you’ve probably heard Saskia’s origin story: a year spent traveling around the world, making new connections and beginning a bead collection. What we don’t talk about as much is exactly how that collecting began and who was the lucky one with 20lbs of rocks in his backpack.

Silver Linings

Posted by All Markets · March 26, 2020

Last week felt like a process of grieving - saying goodbye to a way of being. This week has a different feel, and we have discovered that not everything is scary and bad. True, the news sounds grim, but all the more reason to tune it out and tune in to what’s right in front of us.

Leading With Values

Posted by Scott Kerns · January 01, 2020

We began this company with no mission in mind. Saskia loved making jewelry, people loved buying it and that was enough. Years in, that basic dynamic no longer served. We wanted more meaning to our work - a central Why that we could build off of.

Embracing Change

Posted by Scott Kerns · August 29, 2019

Embracing change and allowing transformation. It sounds so easy - like becoming a butterfly. Well have you ever opened a chrysalis?

Car Camping

Posted by Scott Kerns · July 09, 2019

Saskia & Scott have been going camping with their kids for years in the summer time to escape the NYC heat. Check out their best tips for a family trip, from their years of experience camping near NYC.

It’s HOT! Days like this make the city feel like a pizza oven. Whether huddled by the window A/C or splashing water from the kiddie pool on our overheated bodies, our thoughts are focused on one idea: getting out of town!