Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
4 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
National Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
We independently select everything we recommend.
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we → select → everything
Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work.
uncertain
which → buy → work
At first the butterflycore esthetic might seem a little too juvenile for the serious-minded among us.
uncertain
esthetic → seem → us
The insects, with their flitting flight patterns and whimsical colouring, are often assicated with 1960s flower children or else literal children.
asserted
insects → assicate → children
But when deciding whether the trend has a place in your home, perhaps it helps to recall another aspect of butterfly symbolism: metamorphosis.
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it → decide → symbolism
Mariah Carey did as much with her 1997 album Butterfly.
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Carey → do → album
“When I made that album, I was leaving a point in my life that was extremely stifling and I had to go through an actual metamorphosis to become a grown woman who was strong enough to get out of that situation,” she told Variety in 2022.
asserted
she → make → 2022
“It was me breaking through, to become free enough to fly.”
asserted
me → break → ?
Jewelry designer Barbara Taveres echoed that idea in a recent article for Better Homes & Gardens.
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Taveres → echo → Homes
“We are drawn to things that lift us mentally and emotionally,” she said.
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she → draw → us
“In my opinion, this is not even about following a trend; this is about maintaining dreamlike vision for your life, and that is always worth preserving.”
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that → follow → life
As an esthetic, butterflycore also celebrates the natural world and sits nicely among other movements such as biophilic decor, which emphasizes earthy colours, natural materials, plants, and sunlight.
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which → celebrate → colours
What’s more, style expert Caralyn Mirand Koch believes that butterflycore is in line with the current shift away from spartan, function-first interiors bathed in grey, beige and white.
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butterflycore → ’ → grey
“Those spaces photographed beautifully, but they didn’t feel personal or lived-in,” she told Better Homes & Gardens.
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she → photograph → Homes
“Butterflycore encourages people to embrace softness, colour, and sentiment again.”
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Butterflycore → encourage → softness
Incorporating aspects of butterflycore requires a touch of subtlety, said Koch, lest you feel like you live in a lepidopterarium.
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you → incorporate → lepidopterarium
“I wouldn’t start with butterfly prints everywhere,” she said.
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she → start → prints
“I’d focus on creating the feeling first.
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I → focus → feeling
Once those elements are in place, you can decide how overt you want your butterfly references to be.
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references → decide → place
Maybe you opt for a few framed butterfly prints in vibrant colours or more demure black and white.
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you → opt → colours
Butterfly-themed wallpaper could fill a smaller area such as a powder room or become the main attraction in a bedroom.
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wallpaper → theme → bedroom
Three-dimensional butterfly wall sculptures or light fixtures can give a space texture and depth, whether at a small or large scale.
asserted
sculptures → give → scale
“The overt butterfly motifs may ebb and flow,” said Koch, “but the feeling of bringing the outdoors in is timeless.”
uncertain
feeling → ebb → outdoors
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