Marc Jacobs F/W 07.08 NYC

[palyxa]

The models look so washed out

I like most of the bags though, the colours are great.

 

[fashionistasista]

hmmm interesting, very long and lean and fluid style. little flecks of colour and a 70's 'working woman' vibe....

and that description sounds NOTHING like a marc jacobs collection... no ' hint of returning to grunge' grunge chic' revival anything (well except 70's AGAIN - but its a nice break from 60s mod!!)

<3 overall by the way

 

[Uchina]

Reads like a jazzed up Banana Republic to me. Office Lady attire. They should have used zerox copies as props.

 

[omgashley]

i prefer his more girly collections, this just reminds me of the 90's and not in a particularly good way. maybe it just takes some getting used to

 

[Zazie]

I finally looked through the entire collection and my...this is one of the worst collections I've ever set eyes on. I've no problems with the 70s/30s retro references, could make a long, lean, mean YSL-ish collection, but do it well at least. "Grown-up" is to put it kindly....it's old, and not in a good way. My mom wore clothes like that, but she styled herself better then! What kind of designer is this who can't even get op-art prints right, eg. the 3 squares sweater??? Except for a few old-Lanvin-ish dresses, the rest is really unwearable. How did this guy climb on top of the fashion pedestal? Ok....Anna, I guess

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

Who is Marc Jacobs? What's his point? Season after season my question goes unanswered.

I like the gut of this collection, especially the 'inspired' dresses. Really nice and elegant. As always, way too literal to the point of costume territory.

 

[Djavanjmiles]

I'm surpized i'm saying this but I kinda like what I see so far. i usually don't like the marc Jacobs line that much.

 

[Zazie]

He is *supercanny* as to the mood/direction - the geometrics, the longer, cleaner, leaner looks, the stillness, the surrealism, but how he interpretes these instincts into fashion....ugh.

 

[Diorling]

Ok. This collection is heinous, it goes down as the worst collection of FW 07 RTW (better not speak too soon, as Milan is around the corner)

If it weren't MJ this would be panned by everyone here, and you all know it. Because it is Marc everyone assumes it's cute even though they may not "get it." Marc is on some serious meds, these past two seasons have been beyond heinous. It cant even be considered fashion at this point...It's like old-*** Jones New York meets ooooold Talbots.

BTW, I love this bracelet and I KNEW it looked familiar. It's a knockoff of Robert Lee Morris...

style

 

[Diorling]

It is very YSL...When I saw that embroidered hand w/ the cigarette I was like "did Marc lift Yves entire final collection, or just part of it?"

 

[taz]

Yves Saint Marc Jacobs

check the review in FWD :

Yves Saint Marc Jacobs

Godfrey Deeny Tue Feb 6, 1:32 PM ET



New York - Where was Pierre Berge when you needed him most?
Marc Jacobs staged a thoroughly excellent fashion show Monday night that was, albeit on his own arty American terms, a crystal clear "homage" to Yves Saint Laurent.
In its use of color, fabric, silhouette, chignon hairstyles and sense of presence it was YSL for the year 2007. Yet, and we know it's a minor complaint, it started 80 minutes late, something Berge, Saint Laurent's partner, pugnacious attack dog and busy man backstage, would never have let happened.
Once again, however, the notoriously tardy Jacobs made the delay well worth all our time. The opening image – a fantastically oversized Philadelphia Story stage set of a haute patrician drawing room throughout which were arranged all 56 models – was a remarkable way to ignite this supremely stylish and wonderfully tongue in cheek show.
From the diagonally cut tuxedos, pleated red leather skirts or crepe de chine blouses to the ottoman tunics, turquoise sequined tops, va va voom fuchsia satin cocktails and velvet and humungous bow gowns the references to YSL were multiple. Still, Marc injected his own twist with a more ironic finish, proportions and cuts - that recalled, curiously, Pierre Cardin - and a brilliant selection of accessories.
Take the hats alone. Hatters are going to want to buy Marc a medal, because you just know thousands of hip gals will don his knit at the top, felt at the brim fedoras and cloches. Plus, his choice of chunky bracelets in lapis and malachite, or edgy Art Deco finished clutches in crocodile, satin, corduroy, python and leather were all commercial hits, and somehow in Jacobs own oeuvre.
The Thirties moment was underlined by one great mohair sweater where the intarsia was an image of hand holding a smoky cigarette.
The designer, gym buffed and skinnier, earned a huge cheer from the packed ranks on the bleachers in Lower Manhattan's Armory. Marc Jacobs has been the standout fashion and celebrity intersection in New York for the past several years. But this time it was relatively subdued with rockers Rod Stewart,Joss Stone and Lenny Kravitz – winning more attention that actresses, we spotted someone from American Idol, the sort of gal Yves would have shuddered to see at one of his shows in Paris.
One almost half expected to hear a cool-voiced French lady announce over the speakers, "numero quatorze, number fourteen," as they did at all YSL couture shows. Instead we got a gloriously dramatic soundtrack by DJ Frederic Sanchez, which almost miraculously hit a series of crescendos as the best look reached the photographers' focal point at the head of a great looking Escher-style catwalk.
Call it all Rive Greenwich Village.

Pilati will be in big competition next fall, who'd be the most YSL?

 

[kiddokiddo]

I always like the fact that his show does not usually look like any other one in NYFW....I rather enjoy the Parisian Chic with a twist he display in this collection

 

[city girl]

yves saint marc jacobs
it's just half as charming

 

[taz]

this is the most truly YSL collection I've ever seen since Yves retirement in 2002.. love it.

 

[iolee]

i love it
it's so different from his previous seasons...

very much channels YSL, so 80's/90's,,, loving it... so clean and tidy

 

[Lucia-]

This is so different from what I've expected!
A lot of it are too classy for my liking, but I love the colour scheme and the small hats!
But only 4 outfits was good enough to be saved on my pc

 

[saka]

I like it even if it isent original, and the fact that he left the "big bags" at home^^.
Love the fact that he has changed himself also, looks so fresh and much much cleaner

 

[kisa]

I'm not so much a fan of this, I mean it's nice, but I was hoping for something more grungy. On a different note: What's with all the 30s' reference stuff? I thought the great depression was in the 30s'? If this was a 30s' inspired collection where are all the potato-sack dresses?

...

 

[Caffeine]

I finally looked through the entire collection and my...this is one of the worst collections I've ever set eyes on. I've no problems with the 70s/30s retro references, could make a long, lean, mean YSL-ish collection, but do it well at least. "Grown-up" is to put it kindly....it's old, and not in a good way. My mom wore clothes like that, but she styled herself better then! What kind of designer is this who can't even get op-art prints right, eg. the 3 squares sweater??? Except for a few old-Lanvin-ish dresses, the rest is really unwearable. How did this guy climb on top of the fashion pedestal? Ok....Anna, I guess

There is one thing I can guarantee you: I'm not even 30 yet but I can rock in those clothes. They are not old at all.

 

[tctra]

I actually see a lot of Prada in there from several seasons ago.

I think someone needs to write an editorial on how there are no new fashions. The world needs more Hussein Chalayans who push the boundaries of material technology in order to establish new possibilities, new ways of dressing, new ways of interacting with clothing. Do people need an homage to YSL, doesn't YSL continue to output fashion. Every other industry embraces and pushes the limit of what is possible with new materials and technology, why must fashion be so behind the times and be content with rehashing the past season after season.

Design is dead, fashion is dead, what you have now is just styling.