With the Fourth of July holiday nearly upon us, we felt the time couldn't be more right to drop this second episode of The Out East Vibes Podcast.
On this episode, we sat down with Sasha Benz to get into the details of how this style icon of Montauk (via Australia) got to where she is today, and where she's headed next. If you're in college or just graduated, what this self-made, entrepreneurial powerhouse of a woman has to say about her early days is must-hear perspective you can't afford to miss.
And did you have your wedding plans affected by COVID? Wound up having to postpone til next year? Stop what you're doing, right now, and listen to this episode. Sasha shares her key tips to pulling off an amazing wedding next year, even when there's double the usual number of weddings happening all around you. More great perspective that's a must hear.
Finally, we peel back the layers and give you an inside look at the life of this enigmatic tastemaker who's raising a family and building herself an empire out in Montauk. From her early days in the NYC fashion industry to making the move out east--and with plentiful partying throughout--Sasha spills the tea and puts us all in the know on what it means to be Sasha Benz.
01:25 - Essential at-home fitness tips from Hamptons-based trainer Danielle Waleko
04:21 - Welcome, Sasha Benz
05:26 - Making it to Montauk
11:34 - Wedding planning advice for Summer 2021
14:23 - The role of travel in the lives of the Benz family
16:00 - Montauk and the Gold Coast of Australia, same same but different?
18:00 - Exploring Montauk
20:50 - Sasha's east end empire (Wyld Blue, Wyld Black, Baybi Pop)
23:00 - Summer 2020: Is shopping still a thing?
24:45 - How does Sasha find these finds? The inside tea on her curation and sourcing workflows
31:07 - Career perspective and advice from a woman at the top of her game
39:00 - Sasha's secret weapon (and it's not what you think it is!)
40:22 - Sasha's favorite spots out east
42:00 - How to crush work and rock at raising kids, while pregnant!
43:20 - Maybe the only thing in the world Sasha Benz just can't figure out
44:10 - Partying stories (and why we'll need another hour with her later)
45:04 - A 2-minute memoir of living that party life in NYC
45:43 - Is this really how Oli Benz first became a DJ? (We're basically in shock.)
