The cowrie shell also has deep ties to womanhood. According to The Met, the shell’s “resemblance to the female vulva and alternatively to a squinting eye is thought to underlie a magical association with fertility and with protection from the evil eye, respectively.

Donald Trump’s inauguration was a spectacle that went beyond politics. People across the world scrolled through their feeds to see how Washington’s most elite turned up — and by that, we mean what they wore.