Fable England launches capsule collection with Natural History Museum

The 38-piece collection features hand-painted enamel jewellery, illustrative print silk scarves, luxury sleepwear as well as signature Fable England bag shapes, dominated by an exclusive print created for the collection. With the natural world as their muse, Fable England thoughtfully weave stories from British literature through each of their collections, and their latest – developed in collaboration with London's Natural History Museum – is no exception.

Forming a connection over their shared love of the natural world, Fable England and the Museum relished the opportunity to delve into the Museum's special collections; a treasure trove of artworks, manuscripts, and rare books, to seek out inspiration for a new collection. With over 80 million specimens in the Museum's collection, the challenge proved to be which narrative thread to follow.

However, it was the story of entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 - 1717) that had a lasting impact on the Fable England team. A leading entomologist of her time, Merian had aspirations that surpassed social conventions bestowed upon a woman of the 17th century, going on to revolutionise the scientific community's understanding of the life cycle of insects.

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