Rachel Nilsson - Rolling Stone
This year at Nena & Co., we are highlighting one powerful and inspiring woman with each of our monthly Heritage & Society launches. Each of our H&S bags has a beautiful meaning and inspirational story behind it, and we'd like to share these stories through women and their own unique experiences.
Weaving is a way of telling a history or story of the past and the present. Each symbol in a master weavers design can tell you of a religious belief, a bit about one's lifestyle, it can speak of the local terrain, or fables passed down from generation to generation. Each H&S design has a significant meaning that we feel needs to be told.
This collection was created to empower women in Guatemala by providing them with ethical wages and helping preserve the dying art of weaving that is a means to express herself and take pride in.
We want the message of taking pride in who YOU are to be passed along to woman in the USA and around the world! In an effort to redefine what beauty means, each Heritage and Society release will be represented by an unexpected iconic woman. Each Icon was chosen to help interpret the age-old symbolism on the each H&S bag and to help us apply that symbolism to our everyday life by sharing inspiring life changing experiences or everyday stories that we can all relate to. Sharing our personal journey can be the best way to help celebrate our uniqueness as women but also to share our commonalities.
We asked Rachel to be our Rolling Stone Icon because she represents strength, growth, and endurance. Having successfully launched her own company Rags, Rachel is the perfect example of someone who has gone against the grain to create success and a fulfilling life."
"I feel like in my life if I'm stagnant, I am not happy. But you don't have an option to give up, you have to pivot and you have to figure out if I'm going to get up tomorrow morning and it's going to be a new day and I'm going to figure this thing out...you have no choice, you can't give up!"
We asked Rachel to be our Rolling Stone, watch the video below to hear her story!