FOR CENTURIES, COWRIE SHELLS REPRESENTED VALUE. THEY WERE USED AS CURRENCY ACROSS AFRICA AND BEYOND, SYMBOLISING WEALTH, PROTECTION AND LINEAGE. THEY CARRIED ECONOMIC POWER, BUT ALSO CULTURAL MEANING. OUR NEW COLLECTION RESTORES THE COWRIE TO ITS ORIGINAL CONTEXT, AS SYMBOL, AS STRUCTURE, AS POWER. EACH PLACEMENT IS INTENTIONAL. INTEGRATED INTO TAILORING THAT IS DESIGNED TO HOLD PRESENCE, NOT SIMPLY TO BE SEEN. THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN BY RENAISSANCE. NOT REINVENTION. RETURN.

—MAIMUNA COLE