Marc Jacobs F/W 08.09 NYC

[the-smiths]

it's not like he is son of a Hotel Business Empire, who takes his ugly doggy to parties all week long, and does amateur p*rn tapes with his boyfriend... (or at least we know the first one for sure)
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Marc didn't grow up poor, he grew up on Central Park West I believe.

 

[Vain & Vapid]

this collection, together with the marc by marc jacobs collection this season have totally pissed me off.May be I am too superficial,I don't care what inspiration he got...the clothes are just..doesn't look right. I hope what he is doing is good for him...but I really can't get these.

I totally agree with you, who cares what inspired this atrocity, the end result is really what counts and I am finding this impossible to like. I am all for the idea of "jolie laide", pretty/ugly but his is just ugly. The puffy headbands are just horrifying and the styling is beyond frumpy.

 

[Nelia]

Don't care much about what people think!!!. J'adore this collection. I just love the shape of the clothes.

Here some of my favourite pieces:

source:style.com

 

[Plisskin]

When I go into a high-end boutique and I'm ready to drop $1200 on a piece of clothing, nothing from this collection would be it. It's only innovative in the aspects of it being dull , tacky, and un-interesting. I suppose loyal Marc fans will follow this, but for me I don't beleive in this collection; for what designer clothing cost's I wouldn't spend a cent on glitter bedecked, puffy, plain, clothing with puffy headbands.

 

[ellerina]

initially, i didn't like the collection all too much because it seemed kind of boring and not very marc. looking at it again as a whole (and seeing the video) though, it's really growing on me. i love the bags <3

 

[ellerina]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdrinzrmo-A

there's a video posted on youtube by elle if you guys haven't seen it yet

 

[telepathicgoat]

I love the fact that the serious press is loving this collection

 

[Crying Diamonds]

I love the fact that the serious press is loving this collection

Haaaa! So am I, but even to the unknowing eye it should be frightful? :s

 

[MulletProof]

..because the serious press never hyped jacobs much. or dolce for that matter.
respectable bunch.

 

[kimair]

i really like this collection too...more so than s/s...
despite what many of you say, i think it's alot more wearable than spring...
how many people can wear see through chiffon dresses or silk pajama pants as real clothing?
i saw some great tops and dresses and some gorgeous gowns...

chloehandbags...a friend of mine has some of the jewelry from a few seasons back, and it is sterling silver and made with semiprecious stones...
i'm sure there won't be diamonds in the brooches or anything, but i bet the silver pieces will be silver...

 

[Royal-Galliano]

oh this is very interesting... i think i like it. i sense some very cool details! some of the fabrics remind me of miu miu or mens prada, too. anyway, this is def the highlight of nyfw

 

[Dkammern]

i kinda love that last black velvet look!
i dont quite like that there's so much variety of pastels, dark shades, metallics... a bit all over the place

Marc didn't grow up poor, he grew up on Central Park West I believe.

in any case, it wasnt his money that got him to head designer of his own label and louis vuitton, no?

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

I can't stand Marc Jacobs, but I must admit - this is pretty cool...

I esp. love the gray dress in post #243

 

[Miss Dalloway]

MARC JACOBS

MARC JACOBS' autumn/winter 2008-9 show was slated to begin at 7pm Friday night, so naturally, given last season's two-hour wait (when the 9pm show didn't start till after 11pm), guests arriving at the Lexington Avenue Armory at the appointed hour were ready for anything. Rumours had begun swirling earlier in the week that Sonic Youth might play the show (yea, right), and the leather banquettes and cafe tables set up between the stage and the metal bleachers - topped by buckets of Moet-minis - coupled with the Sonic Youth-emblazoned canvas bags placed on every seat, indicated the rumours might just be true. (The microphones, speakers and instruments on stage were another big clue). Quelle surprise! Another quelle surprise: at exactly 7pm, Jacobs himself - looking calm, cool and collected - sprinted from behind the scaffolding with a big grin on his face and did a lap around the stage waving to everyone in the audience. (What better way to dispel rumours that you're out partying at the Mercer Hotel?) At 7.15pm, an announcement was made asking everyone - including Victoria Beckham, Deborah Harry, Gretchen Mol, Ellen Pompeo , M.I.A., Molly Sims, Selma Blair, Ellen Pompeo and, yes, K-Fed - to take their seats, and five minutes later, when only a few people had complied, another, sterner warning was issued: "Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The show is about to begin." And out came Kim Gordon & co. They had barely launched into the first song when the runway show started, with the models walking at the edges of the stage while the band played in the middle. So what of the clothes, you ask? Well, the largely ivory and grey collection - full of Eighties-era pleated peg-leg pants, boxy Margaret Thatcher coats, dropped waist jackets, and the kind of dowdy-chic skirts and dresses Jacobs loves, many with gathered, voluminous backs or contrasting side panels - wasn't as off-the-wall inspired as spring's outing (and we're not quite sure what to make of the Tricorn hats and puffy sweatbands worn with most of the looks). We did, however, love that Jacobs tweaked his critics (who often lambaste him as a "borrower" of other designers' work) with an ivory and nude giant-shouldered dress that was, in both cut and colour, a winking paean to Martin Margiela. And who but Marc Jacobs could make grandma shades of pale coral, lilac, mint green, and gold lamé look cool? Overall, though, the presentation - which concluded when the models all climbed the towering scaffolding that stood in front of a video screen and turned, en masse, to face the audience - was far more engaging than the clothing presented. "I really wasn’t very inspired this season," Jacobs admitted, post-show, with a laugh before being bear-hugged by Suzy Menkes. "You know, I just lived my life and reacted to the things that are happening in my life and the world in general." Here's hoping for a more exciting reaction come spring. (We do, however, have to admire the man's honesty.) (February 8 2008, PM)

Lauren David Peden

Being bear-hugged by Suzy Menkes?

http://www.vogue.co.uk/Shows/Reports/Default.aspx?stID=50514

 

[tuttyfruit]

don't like this.. didn't like last year's either...
it's funny that i think marc is one of the most overrated designers yet i'm always excited to see his latest collections.. but lately it's been very disappointing... i don't think i like any piece of this collection..

 

[chloehandbags]

chloehandbags...a friend of mine has some of the jewelry from a few seasons back, and it is sterling silver and made with semiprecious stones...
i'm sure there won't be diamonds in the brooches or anything, but i bet the silver pieces will be silver...

Ah, really? That's interesting to know. Thanks for the info, kimair.

 

[caliboy672180]

it's funny that i think marc is one of the most overrated designers yet i'm always excited to see his latest collections

i think you described 50% of the people who watch his shows. but i think he loves the polarizing effect of love it or hate it. he'd have it no other way.

 

[L.A.Trash]

It's certainly interesting but I feel like he just missed the mark somehow:

The draping was just that bit too baggy, which made the majority of the silhouettes just plain unflattering even on models. I can see how certain pieces could be very wearable though...hmmm...

I can't love it or hate it at this point, I'm just intrigued by it all...I need to let it digest...

 

[MUXU]

seems like new minimalism is making a come back after all, but im not that taken away by marc's approach here...
first off, volume to me is out...it's heavy, even for winter it seems heavy
i get what marc is trying to do here, but something about it seems off...

 

[thefunkykitten]

yawn yawn and yawn... this says it all:

Afterward, when asked about his inspirations, Jacobs replied, "I really wasn't very inspired this season. I just live my life."

from style.com