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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKRY9XVMGns\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Jamie Lee Curtis (@curtisleejamie)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">January 20, 2021:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/kamala-harris-pyer-moss-inauguration-eve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> will become the first female to hold office in American history. It&#8217;s the perfect day to swap coffee with a celebratory glass of champagne and call out of work to watch the historic Inauguration Day swearing-in ceremony. Likewise, it&#8217;s time to dust off your pearls, to join nearly half a million women who are wearing them today to show their support for the nation&#8217;s Vice President-elect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On December 5, Navy veteran Hope Aloaye created a Facebook group named\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/womeninpearls\/\"class=\"editor-rtfLink\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Wear Pearls on January 20, 2021<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, inspired by the California native&#8217;s affinity for the jewelry and the fact that they are an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/style\/why-women-are-wearing-pearls-inauguration-day-2021-t206140?cid=sm_npd_td_fb_ma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expression of female strength<\/a>.&#8221; As I write this article, the page has amassed 454,000 members and counting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the Facebook groups &#8220;About&#8221; section, Aloaye wrote, &#8220;We want as many women and young ladies to wear their pearls on the Inauguration Day of the first WOMAN VP in the history of these [the] United States.&#8221; It&#8217;s looking like the creator&#8217;s goal is bound to be a major success, as supporters, politicians, and celebrities have been flocking to social media to share selfies in their favorite pearls.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, Harris is wearing pearls today, too. For today&#8217;s ceremony, Harris is wearing a necklace by Puerto Rican designer, <a href=\"https:\/\/wrosado.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wilfredo Rosado<\/a>. According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/accessories-news\/jewelry\/kamala-harris-wears-custom-pearl-jewelry-by-wilfredo-rosado-for-inauguration-1234702596\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Women&#8217;s Wear Daily<\/a>, <\/em>the fine jewelry designer was asked to create custom pieces for a \u201cfemale politician who loves pearls.\u201d Rosado told the outlet, &#8220;Kamala is someone I\u2019ve been following since she threw her hat in the ring for president. I followed her in the debates, her line of questioning during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings [for the Supreme Court], and loved her strength. To have this opportunity was beyond exciting for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11179\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11179\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/Kamala-Harris-Pealrs.jpg\" alt=\"wearing pearls\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-gz_credit=\"Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris greets Vice President Mike Pence as she arrives to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pearls are a staple part of the US Vice President-elect&#8217;s wardrobe. They symbolize her sorority, <a href=\"https:\/\/aka1908.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alpha Kappa Alpha<\/a>, which she was a part of at Howard University. AKA is the first African-American Greek-letter sorority, founded in 1908, and its founders are referred to as &#8220;Twenty Pearls.&#8221; As announced today, AKA declared January 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akasorority1908\/status\/1351683835390550016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kamala Harris Day<\/a>. &#8220;Wear shades of pink and your favorite strand of pearls to acknowledge this historic moment,&#8221; the organization tweeted.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jamie Lee Curtis is among the celebrities who are participating in the movement. On Wednesday morning, she tweeted a selfie and wrote, &#8220;Pearls for Kamala and all women!&#8221; She&#8217;s received hundreds of responses to her tweet. 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