The love affair I have with Vanessa, a Spell muse time and time again ~ extends beyond the times we have worked with her at Spell, in fact it goes way back to when I lived in Bondi, and truth be told, the story is a little creeps! My best friend had an apartment next door to Vanessa’s then boyfriend {now husband and father to her three children, Oddy}. My friend and I {Nina, you know who you are} would often peer through their window, from our 2nd story apartment lookout. It sounds much more creepy than it actually was, but we both couldn’t help dreamily look at Vanessa, living her best Bondi life because she was just so beautiful!! When I see her life in Ibiza I often think how incredibly effortless, gorgeous and wonderful she was even back then in a beachside flat in Bondi. It’s been delightful reconnecting with her from afar through the Spell lens, and seeing her transition to motherhood at similar times to me and her decision to take to the hills of Ibiza for this wonderful life. I think this leads so much into what the story of Fable is ~ an embrace of the slow pace of life, of creating. A feeling of breeziness and free. Choosing calm. Vanessa embodies all of this.
Our artisan made ‘Fable’ print captures a unique story in every block-printed flower. A capsule created in partnership with Project Thrive foundation, this signature print was carefully carved into wooden blocks and hand printed onto the fabric one repeat at a time, and feels like a special celebration of our love for hand crafting. With Project Thrive Foundation, our Fable capsule was able to provide 474 artisan work days across 18 skilled block print artisans and supported economic opportunity to women with limited access to education and employment resources.
This limited edition capsule launches Wednesday, November 20 at 10am AEDT / Tuesday, November 19 at 3pm PST.
Xx Lizzy.
Muse Vanessa Breuer
Photography Anna-Marie Janssen
Content Manager Ashleigh Bakos
Production Mel Carrero
Learn more about the block-printing process here.