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JAMILLA OKUBO One of the youngest artists invited to participate in this exclusive project, Jamilla Okubo was born in 1993 and recently graduated from the Parsons School of Design in New York. Although born in America, she has Kenyan ancestry, and her art is focused accordingly: on cultural identity, black culture, and redefining the typical narratives surrounding the African diaspora. Okubo has designed three exquisite and technologically complex bags for the house's limited-edition collection, pushing Dior's leather technicians to incredible heights. Her two small bags mix Kenyan-style beadwork with Parisian inspired crystals, while her medium-sized bag uses the classic Dior quilting techniques as a couture style. All three of Obuko's re-imagined Lady Dior bags boast deceptive complexity and, as is paramount, a thematic merging of Kenya and Paris.