Marc Jacobs F/W 2025.26 New York

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Being one of the most well known american designer alive he would have chosen a new more dynamic way to speak to his audience during this unprecedented moment of US history instead he i playing doll house on xanax and its not bring anything to fashion nor women it's an endless american horror story with current Marc.

 

[FashionPower]

Move out Anthony Vaccarello, we have a new unwalkable shoe in sight from Marc Jacobs!
Seriously, I was not able to focus on the clothing while watching the video cause the way the models were walking in those boots...it's a miracle if no model actually fell!

 

[Alquimista]

so boring

 

[susseinmcswanny]

He's just having fun on the stage in his heels chile

 

[disco54]

I miss this MJ from 2007, his clothes and shows were 100000x better than

 

[Phuel]

^^^We just didn't know how good we had it in 2007.

I really hate this Loewe/CDG/Westwood era he's been stuck in. SS23 was exquisite, but this type of look gets really old, really fast.

Got the impression he was more inspired by Galliano’s Margiela Couture of last year than anything else. Or more precisely, that showing triggered his fangirling of CdG and Westwood. But all the lingerie, double G boobs and doll’s faces is so undeniably a tribute to that showing.

If CdG gets away with parading a handful of silly costumes and calling it a collection, why not Marc? it’s just too bad such rich, such unique, such gorgeous materials— especially the laces (very Prada A/W 2008) are wasted on these costumes to hustle basic totes to gen alpha. Would have suited his brand of 1960s bourgeoisie American heiress in Paris silhouettes of his better namesake and Vuitton days. And it would have sold to a customer, even if it’s only a niche one. But looks like optimized sales of basic totes to the gen alpha casual fashion fan is more important to the relevance of his brand. Devolving into costume showpieces to push consumer-end totes is no different than devolving into basic logo’d merch.

(BTW, why are so many of these gay designers look to be the size and proportion of a Hobbit??? Are they deliberately dressing to appear stout and squat???)

 

[Lola701]

I miss this MJ from 2007, his clothes and shows were 100000x better than

Such a beautiful presentation!
I think ultimately SS2009 was my favorite collection from him (at his own brand) ever and FW2007 my favorite show.
Such a random memory but I remember this collection was heavily featured in Air France Magazine. This collection and the Celine collection by Ivana Omazic were all over Air France magazine!

It’s a pity that Marc has stopped caring about dressing people, even a niche. I’m really worried about his legacy tbh.
I feel like out of all the established American designers, he is the only one who doesn’t have that clear identity anymore.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

Stop caring about dressing people is something natural in many designers... Some like Jacquemus can go through that phase at the beginning, some others at the end like Balenciaga, some others through most of their career like Rei Kawakubo.
I can totally understand, if you are an artist, that you want to try to go as far as you can with your skills. Sometimes that means making almost unwearable things.

(Maybe it sounds silly, but if you are an artist, you know what I am talking about).

As far as I understand the criticism, I cannot dislike these dresses.
It is clear who is the main influence on this, but I also love CdG.

Maybe Marc is making dresses for the museums...
And who could blame him?
If in 20 years there is in New York a retrospective of an American designer of the xxist century, it is going to be either Thom Browne, Tom Ford or Marc...

I respect a life dedicated to Fashion.
Marc has carte blanche, for me.

 

[Lola701]

Stop caring about dressing people is something natural in many designers... Some like Jacquemus can go through that phase at the beginning, some others at the end like Balenciaga, some others through most of their career like Rei Kawakubo.
I can totally understand, if you are an artist, that you want to try to go as far as you can with your skills. Sometimes that means making almost unwearable things.

(Maybe it sounds silly, but if you are an artist, you know what I am talking about).

As far as I understand the criticism, I cannot dislike these dresses.
It is clear who is the main influence on this, but I also love CdG.

Maybe Marc is making dresses for the museums...
And who could blame him?
If in 20 years there is in New York a retrospective of an American designer of the xxist century, it is going to be either Thom Browne, Tom Ford or Marc...

I respect a life dedicated to Fashion.
Marc has carte blanche, for me.

I agree about everything but at the same time: he wanted Chanel.
I don’t mind fashion being unconventionally wearable. I love Nicolas Ghesquiere and in his collections, while the pieces always have a commercial flair, some show pieces defies conventional wearability.

I most concerned about Marc Jacobs as a brand I would say. Because precisely, this exist in an island and it aura doesn’t trickle down on his brand.

And it’s probably why those collections never keep their momentum. Maybe he needs to show in Paris.

After that, I have always hated the straight to the museum fashion (a reason why I don’t care for CDG lately) And it’s totally personal, I think Marc shines more when the challenges the codes of American Sportswear.
The Cargo pants are really the highlights here!

But overall I agree always on the total expression of creativity/carte blanche discourse.

 

[LadyJunon]

I agree about everything but at the same time: he wanted Chanel.
I don’t mind fashion being unconventionally wearable. I love Nicolas Ghesquiere and in his collections, while the pieces always have a commercial flair, some show pieces defies conventional wearability.

I most concerned about Marc Jacobs as a brand I would say. Because precisely, this exist in an island and it aura doesn’t trickle down on his brand.

And it’s probably why those collections never keep their momentum. Maybe he needs to show in Paris.

After that, I have always hated the straight to the museum fashion (a reason why I don’t care for CDG lately) And it’s totally personal, I think Marc shines more when the challenges the codes of American Sportswear.
The Cargo pants are really the highlights here!

But overall I agree always on the total expression of creativity/carte blanche discourse.

I personally don't mind unwearable runway collections, but there HAS to be a wardrobe proposition inside it.

For example, eventhe wildest of Galliano's collections of Dior HC could easily be distilled into more approachable suits, separates and gowns for the HC customer. Ghesquiere's runway collection eventually trickle down into the boutique collection. Rick Owens and Yohji Yamamoto literally produce and sell the runway stuff itself.

My real issue is when it really is nothing more than a marketing tool to peddle merch. CDG is a very good example of that. The saddest part is that when that happens, the designer becomes more invested in the 10-minute spectacle, then the actual potential of the designs themselves.

 

[jeanclaude]

Marc wears huge acrylic nails...how can we expect him to design a wearable collection??? Even the shoes here look more comfortable than those claws he uses to scratch his as.s!!

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[Lola701]

I personally don't mind unwearable runway collections, but there HAS to be a wardrobe proposition inside it.

For example, eventhe wildest of Galliano's collections of Dior HC could easily be distilled into more approachable suits, separates and gowns for the HC customer. Ghesquiere's runway collection eventually trickle down into the boutique collection. Rick Owens and Yohji Yamamoto literally produce and sell the runway stuff itself.

My real issue is when it really is nothing more than a marketing tool to peddle merch. CDG is a very good example of that. The saddest part is that when that happens, the designer becomes more invested in the 10-minute spectacle, then the actual potential of the designs themselves.

And that has always been that about Marc. Even at Vuitton. He truly focused on the runway. Maybe having to put a bag on each look or being part of the cultural Zeitgeist actually made him design more wearable propositions but he has always been like that.

I actually wonder how much he can be stimulated today creatively.

And even if we go deeper into this. Is a Marc Jacobs fan or customer fan enough to acquire this?
We know a CDG fan or Rick Owens fan, if rich enough would totally buy the crazy stuff (and if their lifestyle allowed him to).

And Marc is inviting people like Nicky Hilton. Is the Oscar De La Renta woman responding really to this?
Sofia Coppola may applaud this but at the end she will go back to Chanel….

Maybe the problem is that those collections, as spectacular as they can be are not incarnated.