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The Johnson's Fashion Fair

The ebony fashion far was put on by the johnson family. They used the shows to raise money for charities like the n a c p, community centers and to fund scholarships at black colleges and universities. In 19 73, they started a cosmatic company and called it fashion fair. To start a whole new brand, they needed to make products and get people to buy them. This is how fashion fair created and tested their make up lines, like the chocolate raspberry lipstick or the bronze blaze foundation.

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