The Glass Swan Cotton/Silk Pareo
This cotton/silk pareo is made in London from an airy, lightweight voile. Cut in a classic rectangle with ribbon ties, it can be styled endless ways—worn as a chic beach wrap, twisted into a skirt, knotted at the neck as a simple dress, or folded into a wrap top. Effortless, versatile, and ready for wherever you take it. 70% cotton, 30% silk. 103cm x 138cm. Dry clean only.
The Glass Swan
Text: Anno. 1592. La Nascita del Cigno. Firenze. Aetatis Suae 1.
Translation. Year 1592. The Birth of the Swan. Florence. At the age of 1.
“Tranquil in a kaleidoscopic prism of time, The Glass Swan rests in a diffusion of pastel colour. The castle courtyard presents a still life of glinting fruits and glistening glass. Delicate light refracts through filmy bubbles, gossamer flags, glazed orbs and crystalline liquids, piercing yet causing no harm: a symbol of immaculate purity. Glossy, baroque pearls signify preciousness and truth, while crumpled mountains rise from the chalky waters beyond. Tiny insects symbolise nature’s transience.”
In Italian Renaissance art, glass, bubbles, and sheer fabrics symbolized the immaculate conception—light passing through without harm. Inspired by Botticelli’s Primavera and The Birth of Venus, the scene weaves in strings of pearls to suggest purity and truth. Around the central figure sits a Renaissance-style still life, where translucent liquids, glass vessels, and half-peeled citrus (“medicinal apples”) carry layered meaning. Small creatures—wasps and snails—hint at life’s fragility and impermanence. Framed by a satin ribbon, the setting opens into a fairytale landscape of pastel palaces and spires rising into hazy mountain skies—a dreamlike realm suspended somewhere between earth and heaven.
References The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, 1485
Fairytale Di Firenze
This collection brings its protagonists into a dreamlike Arcadia—a soft, pastoral utopia where everything feels suspended between reality and imagination. Each scene plays out like a still life frozen in time, a little shrine to nature’s fleeting beauty and the endless rhythms of the earth and sky. It’s a storybook world of mountains and castles, rivers and turrets, all washed in a hazy pastel light.
In Sabina’s spring chapter, Florence is preparing for a long-awaited celebration—the arrival of spring—where the landscape transforms into something almost heavenly, a kind of magic that appears just once a year.
Inspired by Italian Renaissance art and the era’s way of thinking, the collection explores the tension between idealism and naturalism. Like many Renaissance portraits, the scenes are layered with symbolism and fine detail, even down to hand-painted-style lettering that shares fictional notes about each protagonist and the “date” of their portrait. Throughout, subtle references to iconic Renaissance artworks are woven into every setting.
Every Sabina Savage design is hand illustrated, telling the story of the collection through the composition and details. The scarves are drawn in full, and the four corners of each scarf hold individual elements, ensuring the wearer will display a different feature however the scarf is folded. Each illustration takes around six weeks to complete.
