When: Thursday, September 24, 2026 from 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm EDT - Where: Thomas Jefferson Building - LJ 119, 10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540
Visitors are invited to explore the reciprocal influence of Italian fashion on American culture, and of American markets, celebrity culture and investment on Italian fashion’s global rise through an engaging conversation between two distinguished experts: Barbara Faedda, Executive Director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University, and Sara Gay Forden, journalist and author of The House of Gucci.
The discussion includes themes of entrepreneurship, creative vision, and cultural dynamics that made Italian fashion a defining force in American life and a global phenomenon.
