It is said that the Earth was once a beautiful garden, filled with flowers.
The Triumphs of Love.
Unfolding over a thousand years ago, the tragic story of the Butterfly Lovers is one of China's Four Great Folktales, and is often described as Asia’s "Romeo and Juliet".
Japanese mythology tells of Sakura,
the blossom-princess.
Her love with the deity Ninigi and his refusal
to marry Sakura’s older sister, the rock-princess,
was believed to have caused
the impermanent nature of human life.
In the tale of Snow White and Rose Red,
two selfless sisters thanklessly
help an accident-prone dwarf
and are rewarded with treasure
and the love of two handsome princes.
The white and red roses that grow
in their mother’s garden
embody their distinct spirits.
Inspiring power of virtue. Ancient Chinese symbols for the four seasons take elegant form in a magnificent bouquet of flower jewels.
This tale of the Milky Way
begins in the starriest skies,
when the Cowherd and Weaver Girl stars
secretly fell in love.
In China’s mythological heavens, it was forbidden
for the stars to love so when word of their union
reached the ears of the Heavenly Empress,
the Cowherd star was banished to Earth
to live as a mortal.
The four necklaces of the Goddess collection
are created using Stenzhorn’s handmade
second skin technique, which follows the curves
of the body like the softest fabric.
Each design is inspired by a small detail
from the legends of Roman goddesses.
Inspired by Shakespeare's ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’,
Stenzhorn’s Cupid’s Potion collection is an ode to the powerful elixir
concocted from the juice of a flower struck by one of Cupid’s misfired arrows.
The magical nature of the wild pansy stems from a Roman myth
in which love potion is dripped into a person’s eyelids,
causing them to fall in love with the first person they see.