Most people assume Dubai's story starts with oil, but long before the skyscrapers, it was the pearl that put this coastline on the map. For generations, pearl diving was the backbone of the region's economy. Divers harvesting them by hand, boats searching the Gulf's oyster beds for the pearls that would fund the city's earliest trade. It was a hard, dangerous trade, but it built the foundations of everything that came after. VALUSIS carries this tradition forward, with the Fumé Mother-of-pearl collection, the material that built DUBAI. - @valusis