#Embellishment

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Galaxy Bride at Robert Wun Couture FW24

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JW PEI - MAREN ARTIFICIAL CRYSTAL HEART SHAPED BAG - PINK

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Paolo Sebastian

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Giambattista Valli Fall 2024 Couture

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Chung Thanh Phong ss25 collection

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Philomena once again finds herself bedecked by begonias.

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I finished the trim on my work pants in time to wear them for my shift today!

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Rapsody wearing custom Grace Jones gown by Saint Jermaine at the 2025 Grammys

'What if it took 13 artisans, 10 days, 2500 cowrie shells, 60 hours of hand sewing, 4 fittings, a chain stitcher, students from a Brooklyn nonprofit, and a Grammy winner to pull this off? Yeah, we wouldn’t believe it either!'

In African traditions, cowrie shells are believed to offer protection from evil.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture notes:

'Knowing that Africans used cowries as charms for protection, historians speculate the cowries may have been brought to America as talismans to resist enslavement.'

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Evening dress, Mark Mooring for Bergdorf Goodman, 1942

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Glitz and Glam

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The Atelier fall 2024 'Luminous reverie' collection

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Blood-run demons demand dizzyingly details from their prey.

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RVNG Couture Spring Summer 2025

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David Tennant at the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards, wearing custom embroidered suit by Joshua Kane.

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Sequin spider web gown by designer Loris Azzaro, photographed by Helmut Newton for the 22nd December 1972 Daily Telegraph magazine