. But referring to one another in business terms doesn’t quite capture their energy—not with a friendship that started in kindergarten and a label they opened just shy of entering their twenties. While they spend every work day together , the duo considers themselves to be more like sisters than anything else.
“Working out” is an understatement for what the pair has accomplished while staying as close as they were at age five. Approaching their brand’s tenth anniversary this year, Barbara Potts and Cathrine Saks have turned their namesake label into one of Copenhagen Fashion Week’s most anticipated shows and an"if you know, youdestination for statement outerwear and unpretentious, nostalgia-infused clothing.
With an emphasis on shearling, sueded, and faux fur-trimmed outerwear, fall/winter 2024 was a greatest hits collection funneled through the lens of nostalgia for the years when Saks Potts was still just an idea. Kate Moss stomping through Glastonbury in a mini dress and wellies in the early 2000s was a focal reference; so were the friendship books they filled in with their dreams and aspirations as children.