Lovely Ones print – born from my inspiration trip to Rome & Florence this winter, is now available on this 12-pocket tote bag. While walking around the galleries and museums and soaking in works of art by the likes of Da Vinci, Botticelli, and Carravaggio, I remained in awe but something was missing. I decided to create my own gallery of Black women in fabric.
With a rich, earthy color and mud clothseque motifs in the ground, Black women in silhouette and marvelous hairstyles are framed by the very same ornate picture frames I saw in the Uffizi and Galleria Borghese — surrounded by bright bursts of color and adorned with jewelry, some featuring remixed Adinkra symbols for wisdom, abundance, and courage — my wish for my sisters across the diaspora.
The tote bag is made of heavy cotton twill and fully lined in light weight cotton. It has 12 pockets, 6 inside and 6 outside and is roomy enough to fit a laptop and everything else you might need on the go.
