me too..he's cutei love marc![]()
Mostly I'd say that I'm very much a Marc Jacobs woman, as I feel more attached to him and his brand than any other designer.
What makes me buy his clothes a) a super-high wearability (No, it's true, what ends up in the stores is gorgeous), b) that it is always very grown-up, c) that he's not trying to sell me off as a sex kitten, d) that there are twists every season and a dress is not always just a dress.
I know how important a fixed identity is for a brand and that customers very much like to know what they can expect from a certain designer, but I think that is the special thing about the Marc Jaobs woman: Women change their style all the time - two years ago, I was permanently covered in ruffles and bows, then I had a phase where everything had to be super tight and clingy and then I had a super grandma-style - but Marc changes with them, without losing what makes him in the basis, the core values, so to speak (oh God, I know, my English...)
Though I have to admit that there have been collections that I despised with a passion: the eighties one, e.g., and I'm only lukewarm about this one here, too... But usually I count on him to hit the ball out of the park.
suzy menkes, iht.comNEW YORK — The dress was straight as a die — a strict and slim case for the body. But on its surface were baubles of pattern, as round and voluptuous as this Marc Jacobs outfit was severe.
It is back to the straight and narrow in New York Fashion Week. No more loose and sloppy casual clothes, easy sportswear or girlish frills. Women — grown-up women — are being asked to smarten up.
And they surely will when offered the winter 2011 Marc Jacobs collection. Last season the designer had followed the hippie de luxe trail, rich in color, forged by Yves Saint Laurent in the 1970s.
This time Mr. Jacobs had gone linear, with graphic silhouettes outlined against a shiny runway, where quilted white pillars looked like the columns of a lush padded cell. The outfits were pencil slim — give or take a full raglan sleeve or a peplum — and fell to just below the knee. A helmet, hinting at the 1960s space-age style, completed a look of chic severity that was reinforced by the dark palette of burgundy, pine green, navy, brown and black.
“Strict, disciplined, uptight, everything covered up — I didn’t want the girls to look anything like casual or sloppy,” said Mr. Jacobs backstage. But since he was wearing a rubber shirt and latex gave a dash of sexual perversity to the collection, his remarks seemed ironic.
Despite the sobriety of the cut, it was lightened up with circular patterns that ranged from balls juggling across the surface to pinpoint dots of sparkles and full-on polka dots on the hats. The designer’s skill is to change tack with fashion’s wind, yet make the new look always his own, while setting the compass in a new direction.
There are some clear Marc Jacobs references on the collection .. the hoodies and zippers and that particular shape on the shoulders for some coats .. its not boxy .. its like an old school fridge (I like it).
The problem with this collection is the one I keep having every season: Who is the Marc Jacobs woman? His collections are absolutely schizophrenic and I can not quite follow up to all the changes he does. There are some glimpses of Prada and Miumiu here and whatnot but those wellington boots/shoes are quintessential MJ.