Fallen Aristocrat | Fairy Tales

SNOW WHITE

A tale born of the Black Forest, with twisting branches and gnarled roots, ruby-red apples and hair black as night. We all know how it goes, with a lovely little girl who drew the jealous eye of an Evil Queen. 

In a singular charm bracelet, we've worked to capture this legend's spirit and mystery in one. A golden leaf for the forest, a bright red stone blanketing its edge. An onyx-black crest for the princess, and an outstretched hand with a poisoned fruit just beyond. 

A mirror in violet glass, and coin embossed with the queen's image complete the chain.

But the storytelling isn't quite over.

TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES

Once upon an evening, twelve clever princesses wore their dancing shoes thin—but only beneath the cover of darkness, tucked behind a locked door to their room. Curious yet quick to temper, their father fails to understand where it is they go, and promises both daughters and kingdom to the man who can unlock their secret. 

Of course, one does—a sneak of a soldier who steals behind them into a magical trap door and walks through forests: silver, diamond, gold. Across three nights, he steals twigs from the woods and a golden cup, until he can prove to the king where it is his daughters go.  

He's a hero in the end, but who do we remember centuries after the tale was first spun? Twelve brilliant girls, woven together with strands of gold.

RAPUNZEL

In an overgrown garden behind a moss-covered wall, a desperate father plucked greens from the earth—fragrant and crisp, enough to satisfy his poor wife's belly that was only just starting to swell. It was only his bad luck the sorceress who tended that garden craved a child as well.  

Rapunzel would be her name, for the delicate greens that cost her a home. Raised by the sorceress, the girl grew lovely and light—until jealous of the world's gaze, the sorceress locked her in a tower with no way to escape. For years she subsisted on the sun's passage and starlight, dreaming of a life just beyond her reach, until the day a prince arrived.

We'll spare you the gory details of what came next.