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Jay Jaxon: An Unsung Couturier 

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Tickets
When:
October 25, 2022 @ 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
2022-10-25T17:30:00-04:00
2022-10-25T20:00:00-04:00
Where:
Hillwood Museum
4155 Linnean Avenue
NW, Washington
DC
Cost:
$10-22
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Jay Jaxon: An Unsung Couturier 

Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 5:30-8 p.m. (Lecture begins at 6:30 p.m.)

Darnell-Jamal Lisby, assistant curator of fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art, highlights the creativity and legacy of Jay Jaxon, one of the first African Americans to work in Parisian haute couture and one of the first Americans to head a couture house.

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