A year before Pride and Prejudice was published, the Brothers Grimm released Grimm’s Fairy Tales, introducing timeless stories like Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, and Snow White to international acclaim.

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One standout story, Briar Rose, the Grimms' retelling of the Sleeping Beauty legend, inspired countless adaptations: Tchaikovsky’s ballet, Disney’s animated classic, Edward Burne-Jones’s late-19th-century painting series, and now our Regency-meets-21st-century .ai mash-up in the magazine.

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To highlight the influence of these tales, we've included links to Burne-Jones’s original artworks, viewable in person at Buscot Park, Oxfordshire, with replicas exhibited at Delaware Art Museum (USA) and Hugh Lane Gallery (Dublin).

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For our Briar Rose shoot, .ai provided breathtaking images. After assigning dresses to specific London makers and giving each model the name of a genuine Regency actress, something felt incomplete: the narrative. Overlaying Grimm’s original text onto the images completed the homage beautifully.