Created in collaboration with AI alchemist & surreal digital artist ScorpionSorbet
“Cut a chrysalis open, and you will find a rotting caterpillar…
The process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay…
The butterfly is so fit an emblem of the human soul that its name in Greek is psyche, the word for soul…
Instar implies something both celestial and ingrown, something heavenly and disastrous, and perhaps change is commonly like that, a buried star, oscillating between near and fear.”
— Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost
This capsule began as a quiet idea, nestled in a moment of deep personal transformation: my journey into motherhood. It felt only natural to anchor the design in the butterfly—symbol of rebirth, metamorphosis, and divine feminine strength—as I, too, navigate a stage of surrender, vulnerability, and awe.
Like Solnit describes, transformation often resembles decay before it becomes beauty. This collection lives in that space—the instar—a tender in-between of shedding, shifting, and slowly becoming.
For me, this metamorphosis is happening in the body: a miraculous, ancient unfolding that feels both wildly complex and beautifully effortless. I am mesmerized by how the body knows, how it softens, stretches, and grows with such quiet wisdom. Pregnancy has become a portal into wonder. Through the love I feel for this tiny being—my invisible best friend—I’ve begun to remember how to love myself again. My body is teaching me how sacred it is to change, how deserving of reverence the process really is.
This capsule is a love letter to that becoming—not just mine, but yours, in whatever form your transformation takes. Whether you’re emerging from heartbreak, stepping into purpose, or simply trying to find joy again—this is for you.
Designed in collaboration with ScorpionSorbet—Montreal-based AI Alchemist Carly Fridhandler, known for her “delicious and deadly” surrealism—this capsule blends ’70s nostalgia with futuristic magic, anchored by our fairy warrior butterfly muse: both romantic and fierce, soft and strong.
