: the fiber of the raffia palm used especially as cord for tying and weaving
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Related Articles The event is aimed at promoting the Celine summer collection, which includes raffia baskets, small leather goods, ready-to-wear, accessories and lifestyle items featuring French summery decorative elements such as a triangle bag carrying three metal Pétanque balls.
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Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
Forget the typical raffia styles — this trend leans luxe with braided leather flats, mules, and sandals that feel more refined and versatile, taking you seamlessly from the office to a beachside escape.
—Laura Lajiness Kaupke, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Having been in business for six years, Nia Thomas noted that her signature eponymous label now features items made of leather like crocheted handbags, and others made of raffia in interesting ways.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025
Grande’s dress—a short, collared style in tulle and crinoline, embroidered with weaves of natural raffia, organza flowers, and straw trimmings— is from Christian Dior’s spring 2025 couture collection, which was designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and debuted in Paris just last month.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025
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Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
Forget the typical raffia styles — this trend leans luxe with braided leather flats, mules, and sandals that feel more refined and versatile, taking you seamlessly from the office to a beachside escape.
—Laura Lajiness Kaupke, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Having been in business for six years, Nia Thomas noted that her signature eponymous label now features items made of leather like crocheted handbags, and others made of raffia in interesting ways.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025
Grande’s dress—a short, collared style in tulle and crinoline, embroidered with weaves of natural raffia, organza flowers, and straw trimmings— is from Christian Dior’s spring 2025 couture collection, which was designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and debuted in Paris just last month.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Raffia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raffia. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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raffia
noun
raf·fia
ˈraf-ē-ə 
: fiber from a palm of Madagascar and Africa used as a cord for weaving various articles (as baskets or hats) and for tying
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