Starfall

|Fourth drop of Once Upon a Time series & Final Drop of our Party Collection |

“To the stars who listen and to the dreams that are answered’’

Dear people, welcome to the second drop that comes directly out of my favourite fantasy books - A Court of Thorns and Roses series, by Sarah J Maas.

Of course I had to adapt ACOTAR world to my Paparina’s style, and not wanting to fall on the merch hole, I tried to bring a different kind of ACOTAR to you. My favourite book is actually A Court of Mist and Fury where Starfall happens, so I tried to bring you a bit of this special night and a bit of dreamy Velaris.

The print Starfall is actually my favourite and most special, because it represents that special moment in my favourite book, and then you have Starlight that makes me remember Velaris at night - this one available in our most beloved glitter and in our newest velvet. To complement these two prints I introduced the silver flame glitter and the moonlight sequins.

I hope this drop makes you feel super very special, because it’s my favourite of this year, and I would like to dedicate this one to my two best book friends who influenced me to read this series Gonçalo & Maria Sousa - I’m so thankful for your place in my book life this year.

Thank you my dear Ju, for accepting to be the face of this super very special drop, you made it even better. You’re smile is magical.

X X

Carina

Legendary

|Third drop of Once Upon a Time series & First Drop of our Party Collection |

“As fantastical as Caraval might feel, the next five nights are very real.

Elantine invited us here to save the Empire from her greatest fear.

For centuries the Fates were locked away, but now they wish to come out and play.

If they regain their magic the world will never be the same, but you can help stop them by winning the game.”

Dear people, welcome to a drop that comes directly out of my dear fantasy books, this one by Stephanie Garber. Of course I had to adapt Caraval’s world to my Paparina’s style and of course this drop is missing Donatella’s Periwinkle, but we really did have to drop this collection as soon as possible and the reality is: waiting times in this part of the year in Fashion Business are always unexpected, so you have a bit of my favourite charaters here represented.

From Legend’s Roses, to Dante’s black outfits, not forgetting of course, Scarlett’s passionate emotions represented in scarlet red and pink swirls. Hope you like this party drop for this holiday season, I definitely tried to bring you a bit of my imaginary in this super small drop.

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Carina

Paparina x Boogie Bag

|The boogiest collab of this Holiday Season |

“A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden” - unknown

“ There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met” - Jim Henson

I met Rui - Boogie Bag’s owner during September’s last Cidade do Zero, and it feels like we’ve been friends since forever.

We couldn’t believe we actually had the same taste in colors, prints and even 70’s songs, we became friends right away.

So this collab had to come for our favourite season, the party season. After a few meetings we decided to make his best seller bags in my shiny fabrics and feathers, and we are just so proud of the result. Each bag is made from 2 to 3 units, so this is a very special and limited edition collab.

In the end Rui became the older brother I never had.

Hope you really love this collab, cause it’s made of friendship and love.

XX

Ana

Dear grandma,

|Second drop of Once Upon a Time series featuring wool by Cristiana Barroso|

Dear grandma,

I’m writing to you with my heart full of gratitude and love, because you were the one who raised me with all your care and patience.
Each piece of me carries a piece of you, in each gesture, in each choice, because you’ve always been my inspiration.
I remember one day, when I was a little girl, I was sitting by your side in the living room, watching your hands working on a scarf. I, full of curiosity, asked your repeatedly what to do with the needles, and you, with your infinite patience, holding my little hands showed me the way, stitch by stitch, until I was finally able to make my own knitting stitch.

Dear grandma,

Thank you for raising me in my own fantasy world, where bed sheets turned to castles, and inside you would tell me the most beautiful and amazing made up stories. Because these were the stories that made my beautiful imagination and gave wings to my creativity and ability to make up eternal ideas for all the collections in the world. Thank you for teaching me how to draw, paint and sew my first pieces when I was a little girl. And thank you for raising me to believe I could be whoever and whatever I wanted to be. You will always be my greatest inspiration for my Paparina.

This letter is for you, grandmas and moms out there who were always our safety, our inspiration to move on, with strength, tenderness and resilience.

With love,

Paparina & Cristiana Barroso

What can I say about this small drop? It’s so very special because it was dreamed and designed during summer by our intern Cristiana Barroso and launched in our first cold Autumn days. It’s dedicated to the most special people in our little world, our grandmas. To consummate this small drop we added the coolest stripes and our most beloved prints in satin scarfs.
Hope you like this collection as much as we do!

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Carina, Cristiana & Gabriel

Open Sesame!

|First drop of Once Upon a Time series|

This drop was designed in the end of my summer vacations in Puglia, and represents a little bit of my imaginary.

Always living in my own head and my own fantasy world, I decided to bring you a little bit of all my favourite things in one drop:

The tiger has always been my favourite animal, so in this collection I designed the biggest tigers in two of my favourite colours - orange and purple, like Rajah - Jasmin’s tiger in Disney’s Aladdin, one of my favourite childhood movies.

With the tiger came the sun, in the softest Italian velvet and the moon in gold and purple glitter with our favourite sevilian flecos and reminding the one thousand and one nights and princess Sheherazade.

The vanilla/ butter golden glitter came to mix this all up together and a super limited edition brought the coolest decor fabric we bought in Paris this year.

Special thanks to my friends Cremilde and Inês - our coolest model, because this could not happen without them.

Hope you like this mystical collection super very much, it was designed and made with love.

XX

Ana