File this under “Outfits That Make You Want to Book a Flight.” Veekee James is currently soaking up the good life in Cape ...

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The most fashionable man in Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton, arrived at Monday night’s Met Gala in an ivory-colored suit, satin bow tie and cowrie shell-lined coattails. Styled by Eric McNeal in ...

Each cowrie shell was hand-sewn. Each bead was placed with precision. “It’s incredibly labour intensive,” Coetzee admits. “We had nine women working on it for almost three weeks.

Actress and producer Nomzamo Mbatha turned heads at the Shaka iLembe premiere with a stunning gown that was more than just fashion — it was a celebration ...

The Cowrie shells were non-negotiable for the actress. Historically, the shells have been used as currency and spiritual symbols across Africa, and they have grounded the dress in deeper meaning.

If 2024 was the summer that shell jewelry started to make its comeback, then 2025 is the year that it is reinvented entirely. A far cry from the pukka shell necklaces that the term "no doubt ...

Alicia Keys's most recent hairstyle is reminding me that I’m in need of a beach vacation ASAP. The Grammy-winning singer recently appeared on Good Morning America with the cast of her Broadway musical ...

Cowrie shells, once used as a form of currency on the African continent and beyond, symbolise wealth, fertility, womanhood and spiritual protection. This anchors our designs in ancestral power and ...

However, an upstairs sitting room offers framed historical pointers: Ming porcelain fragments, Indian carnelian beads and cowrie shells from Maldives.

A Bwami Society headdress from the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, made of plant fiber, cowrie and oyster shells, warthog tusk. (Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art) ...