Inspiration Behind our New Collection for Autumn/Winter 2023 – Unknown Depths

There’s a cosiness to winter that keeps me appreciating the seasonal change year after year. That feeling of bundling up in layers, crisp air on my face but I’m toasty and warm hidden underneath. The change in light, softer and lower in the sky. It’s defused and beautiful, glazing over everything it touches. The changing leaves tumble down, dressing the pavement with nature’s confetti.

No matter where you are in the world, that change of season feeling is the same. The light is the same and the joys that the winter months bring are the same.

Winter Abroad

For me, winters spent afar remind me of soft mornings jogging around the Berlin Lake, Tegeler See. Woodland around, snow drops starting to sprout. It’s walking down a tiny London Lane, cobbles underneath and a low sun in the sky. Mulled wine ready to warm you up from the inside out.

Winter at Home

Winters spent at home evoke similar feelings. Nature around, changing leaves, snowcapped mountain vistas and wide-open space. The same low light hangs in the sky, hazy and soft casting a warm glow. I think back to winter days of time gone by exploring the Otago coastline, it’s rugged and rich, the ocean looks thick and dark. Giant kelp sweeps backwards and forwards. Lost in my imagination is what lies beneath.

How This Inspired our New Collection

Unknown Depths is inspired by winter adventures and all the good things that come with the change in season. Our new season prints draw on the changing winter months, from autumn when the last of the summer flowers fade into the dusky winter evenings. Through to the crisp mornings of the coldest months, revealing clear and brilliant blue winter skies, dew drops all around. Summer flowers rest in darkness, hibernating and recharging for the winter months. Rich colours leap out to brighten even the greyest days.

Join me in celebrating these colder months, embrace the seasonal change and all the joys it brings.

– Annabelle x