Maya Louisa, founder and designer of Kolé Jewel was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY.

Maya has been dancing since the age of three and has studied and certified under the Katherine Dunham model. As a dancer who has travelled throughout Europe, South America, and the Cari...

Waist beads were not passed down to me by my mother or given to me in any ceremony or rites of passage. In fact, I was wearing them for five years before I even knew what they were. Waist beads came into my life as a natural intrinsic desire to wear a chain around my t...