This week I was became very interested in the
life of Marc Jacobs since his name has become very popular among women of all
ages, especially the fashionable group of young women. Marc Jacob’s collection
for S/S 2013 is an example of how he can bring inspiration of a distant decade
to the modern fashion world. He
took the Mod scene of the 60s and added a touch of the 21st century
taste to it. He certainly has that ability to create something different from
those old decades in a way that is familiar and tasteful.
His success however, was a slow climb and he
faced some difficulties along the way. He was born on April 9 in 1963 on the
Upper West Side of New York City. His father passed away when he was seven and
he moved to his grandmother’s on Central Park West after his mother remarried.
That was where he found youthful beauty of the crowd in the Manhattan nightlife.
He graduated from Parsons School of Design in Greenwich Village and his project
of 1984 brought him to the attention of Robert Duffy and the two are still
business partners today. They launched the Marc Jacobs label in 1986.
In 1987, he was the youngest design to
receive the Council of Fashion Designers of America award for new talent. But
he was stuck when Perry Ellis hired him for womenswear and when he tried to
take it into the grunge-music scene; he was criticized by the press and was
fired. For the next five years the Marc Jacobs label would have a hard time
developing their name.
It finally improved when Jacobs was hired by
Bernard Arnault of the LVMH empire to be the artistic director of Louis
Vuitton. He was very successful with the brand and increased their sales as
well as demands. His own brand is also highly popular and he even started another collection called Marc by Marc Jacobs to make it more affordable.
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For Marc Jacobs, A Hot Partnership Needs Alterations; Designer Who Helped
Revive Louis Vuitton Line Wants More Help with His Own; A Tussle Over the
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SPECIAL: Making His Marc ; the High Street Hijacks His Ideas - and Even
Hollywood Stars have been Known to Steal His Clothes. Susie Rushton Talks to
Marc Jacobs, the Man Who Knows what Women Want. Fashion Photography by Lacey
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