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The Elegant Life book cover cropped

Interior decorator Alex Papachristidis presents the varied ways he makes spaces versatile to share with family and friends—from cozy seating areas to games tables.

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More is More is More book cover cropped

Rooms of jewellike color and glorious pattern. Enchanting lacquered ceilings and geometric floors. Brilliantly massed collections of furniture, objects, and art. Carl Dellatore celebrates the best of maximalism in this lushly illustrated lecture.

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Black Flora Book Cover

Teresa Speight, author of Black Flora, a new book about African Americans in the world of floriculture, tells the stories of farmers, florists, and other floral creatives who answered the call of the flowers, tapped into their passion, and listened to their hearts. 
 

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Hammersmith Farm, Newport, RI, ca. 1917

This richly illustrated lecture explores landscape design, literature, and art created in Newport, Rhode Island, "The Eden of America."

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Detail of Marjorie Post's Islamic-inspired emerald brooch by Cartier

Explore how Cartier’s designers adapted shapes, techniques, and materials from Islamic art across time, geography and media, synthesizing and transforming them into a unique, modern stylistic language that continues to inspire new creations.

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Cropped black and white image of designer Jay Jaxon sitting backward on a chair, surrounded by bolts of fabric

Learn more about Jay Jaxon whose creativity and legacy have unequivocally paved the way for later Black designers who have reached the heights of the fashion system during the twenty-first century. Jaxon spent six years in Paris working at Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, eventually becoming head of Jean-Louis Scherrer in 1969. 

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Grace of Monaco exhibition

Tune in from home to explore the way Grace Kelly’s longstanding friendship with Marc Bohan, artistic director of Christian Dior, led her to turn so regularly to Dior as she acquired pieces tailored to both Hollywood glamour and stately elegance with Florence Müller, the originating curator of Grace of Monaco: Princess in Dior, and Hillwood’s curator Megan Martinelli. (Please note that there is no in-person program.)

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Interior construction of a red strapless gown by Christian Dior

Explore the astonishing success of Christian Dior's haute couture salon, including the international dissemination of the Dior style by manufacturers, buyers and, importantly, a private, elite clientele of influential women moving within international circles, such as Princess Grace of Monaco, who relied upon the house for their impeccable style, a legacy that continues today.

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Grace Kelly wedding gown

Explore Grace Kelly's status as a style icon, acclaimed for her understated style that united good taste with glamour. 

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Camellia teaser

Tune in from home to explore the porcelain flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky with the artist himself.