The inauguration was Monday. Today is Thursday. I have seen zero coverage in the mainstream media about Justice Jackson's attire. Has any reporter asked Justice Jackson if she realized she wore a symbol that has been widely recognized as a talisman to ward off evil?
ABA Journal provides links to some of the coverage:
As a fashion statement, there was some disagreement. Josh Blackman, a professor at the South Texas College of Law in Houston, initially called the cowrie shells a "fashion faux pas," while fashion historian Shelby Ivey Christie said the piece had undeniable visual impact.
The shell collar "brilliantly reinterprets the traditional judicial jabot through an African American cultural lens," Christie told HuffPost. The shell pattern suggests "ceremony and significance" along with "importance and intentionality," she said.
But there may have been a deeper meaning, according to HuffPost, Vogue, Ebony, the Root, Parade, Above the Law and a Volokh Conspiracy post by Blackman.
