Marc Jacobs F/W 11.12 New York

[JuiceMajor]

hit and miss!!

 

[karina_zb]

I did not enjoy the shoes. Marc never really tickles my pickle much to be honest, but i overall enjoyed this

 

[Donatello89]

so precious

 

[mikeijames]

well, the celebrity lot has already started wearing this collection....

(source: justjared.buznet.com)

 

[helterskelter]

i like some of the pieces like the pencil skirts and the crazy boots, but the overall collection didn't do it for me and i really didn't understand the polka dots. he played it too safe. and i know his collections can be a little all over the place, but the shapes and silhouettes of this season are still quintessentially marc. some great wearable pieces, but nothing too special.

 

[get fashion]

I want to cry, why Beyonce is doing this fashion massacre?????!!!!!!!!

 

[Littleathquakes]

it's just celebrities jumping onto the latest designer piece without actually knowing anything about it. you know she's probably hot as hell in that material, since it's meant for fall winter closets, so you know it's a thicker fabric, and it's spring right now...

 

[mikeijames]

^i'm sure she's faring just fine on that oh-so-torturous walk from the car to the inside of an air conditioned boite. and beyonce regularly wears runway pieces and attends shows so i think she knows more than most who'd criticize her....i'm just sayin'

 

[lalaboyz]

somewtimes you just wear things, that you like regardless of which season they are designed for. im sure we've all done that.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

marc jacobs has set himself up as the new york answer to the milan collection of miuccia prada. they dress the same demographic of women, they jump from inspiration point to inspiration point without looking back, they both pride themselves on taking cues from the art world, and they both have worldwide empires and legions of loyal fans. in that way, the marc jacobs customer knows that no matter what, a marc jacobs skirt, a marc jacobs dress, a marc jacobs shoe, a marc jacobs top will always stun and surprise, but will always go on with ease and flatter to a fault.

while i see all of the reference points here, from the perforation we just saw at cynthia rowley by way of prada, to the architecture of balenciaga, to the japanese influence (that some say he borrowed from in spring/summer 2008), to the polka dots we've seen all over fashion, one must get one thing clear: marc jacobs revels in the mash up. he loves getting under the skin of everyone who takes fashion so seriously that they hold the canons of particular designers as sacrosanct as if those self-same designers don't borrow and re-work the wares of others. scroll back to the prada fall/winter 2008 lace collection, you'll find people comparing it to *shock/awe* louis vuitton, boudicca, christian dior, giambattista valli, anne valerie hash, and helmut lang. and when you saw the lace pieces in the stella mccartney collection and the dolce and gabbana collection, people said they saw the prada collection in it. but let's face it: NONE OF THESE DESIGNERS INVENTED LACE. no one these designers originally thought up to cut a dress out of it!

the genius of this collection remains that it flies in the face of every sacred cow we have in fashion right now. it's not minimal. it's not seventies. there's no hint of austerity or studio 54 or the amish or the yves saint laurent retrospective. and for that reason alone, it's fresh. find one big city woman who can't use an attention grabbing pencil skirt, a perfect pair of fashion pants, or any other number of the genius staples he put forward here. the only thing slightly off key were those boots, but they remain so out of step with the rest of fashion i'm sure they'll become must have in their own right.

Huh..... you made me totally rethink this collection.

 

[markese91]

^i'm sure she's faring just fine on that oh-so-torturous walk from the car to the inside of an air conditioned boite. and beyonce regularly wears runway pieces and attends shows so i think she knows more than most who'd criticize her....i'm just sayin'

hunni when you break it down you break it DOWN FOR THE KIDS!!!! I love your commentary as always.

Point of clarification though... I do think there's a tad bit of Amish reference in the collection.

But yes I also think Beyonce knows a bit more than what people think and of course there's Ty to help her