Lebanon, Kinship Stories, Beading & Embroidery
Founded by Yasmine Dabbous, a Beirut-born fiber artist and cultural historian, Kinship Stories is a line of tribal adornments that bridges art, anthropology, and memory. Each necklace is a one-of-a-kind composition, hand-assembled from precious vintage and antique materials — silver, beads, and textiles gathered from five continents. Many of these fragments carry the patina of time, often pieces of museum quality, reimagined into wearable narratives.
Guided by her PhD in Cultural History, Dabbous approaches jewelry-making as storytelling — a way to honour the people, beliefs, and inherited skills that shape material culture. Every element is handpicked during her travels, chosen not for ornament but for meaning, forming an archive of humanity expressed through craft.
Each piece she creates comes with a certificate of provenance, tracing its origins and the layered histories it embodies. More than adornment, a Kinship Stories necklace is an act of cultural preservation — a dialogue between past and present, craft and collector. Through this practice, Dabbous celebrates the beauty of difference and the continuity of hands that have, across generations, woven the world’s shared story.
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