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Christmas in Copenhagen: Saks Potts Cofounder Barbara Potts Shares Her Staycation Diary

Christmas in Copenhagen Saks Potts Cofounder Barbara Potts Shares Her Staycation Diary

Barbara Potts, the cofounder, with Cathrine Saks, of the Danish label Saks Pott, opted to spend the holidays at home this year with her boyfriend Rasmus, and daughter Uma-Eloise. New Year’s Eve was family-style. It was, the designer says, a “full-on love chaos,” and it was also fashionable, with several guests wearing Saks Potts’s silk satin Henriette slip dresses. Potts paired hers with a pair of lucite heels as clear as an icicle. The change of year brought with it a snow shower, a visit to the Louisiana museum, and many exciting adventures ahead.

  • Prepping for Christmas. I always use holly in my decorations.
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    Prepping for Christmas. I always use holly in my decorations.

  • Photo: Courtesy of Barbara Potts
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    Mini cakes for dessert at the SP Christmas party.

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    SP Christmas party moment with Klara Kristin.

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    SP Christmas presents.

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    My good friend Frederik carrying home a tree for his Copenhagen Christmas.

Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More
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