Detailed, a little quirky, and the kind of print that rewards a closer look — Mothly Crew is The Naturalist's Notebook collection in its purest form. Creams and warm browns with little bursts of orange, red, and green, painted with the kind of obsessive precision that only a true devotee of the natural world could achieve.
Discovered in the archives of Jan van Kessel the Elder — a Flemish master painter and proud member of the celebrated Brueghel dynasty — this exquisite still life was painted on copper plate between 1653 and 1661. A man who treated insects with the same reverence most painters reserved for royalty. We think putting them on swimwear is exactly the kind of celebration he had in mind.