Marc Jacobs S/S 08 NYC

[Miss Dalloway]

I just saw this collection:




So faar New York has been sublime for a woman like me,all the chic collections one after another,amazing shilouettes,colours and accessories that spoke to me,and then a show like this,by Marc Jacobs just hits you on the head,you either cry and run away or gawk in amazment.
And boy,gawk i did!I can not stop looking at this collection;disgusted,fascinated,in love,appauld,shocked.....along with an array of other emotions.For me this collection is fashion orgy,you like it and get off by it,but cant deal so you pretend to hate it,and diminsh the pleasure you got from it.

This is,the best collection i have seen so faar,its beyond clothes,its art,a statment.For the duration of the show,Marc showed us the new kind of sexuality,like what Horyn said,its the opposite of "Victoria Beckhamism" but of coruse not the end of it.The world will never take Winnona Ryder in these clothes over Pamela Anderson in Cavalli,but Marc is pushing the standards of it to another level,he makes me think out of the box,help me see it through his vision realizing his version of sexuality.

The asymetrical dresses with underdress on show or see through purple pants with undies showing,lace,silk,Grecian tops,little sexy bras,see through gowns ,gloves, the overall feeling that some dresses will fall off and leave the models ready for love making and underwear worn as the part of the outfit on the outside,half unbottomed looking dresses.All of that was covered by miss matched layers,acccesories,the unattractive hair(or is it?bead hair anyone?!?!),terrifying to small shoes,which can also say;"I can step out them any time anywhere if you want me to".And the most important thing;the pale skin of the models,no tan here,these girls spend most of the time indoors.

Imo there is lots of sexual undertones here,brilliantly disguased for everyone to discover them by themselves.I can defintiely see a "housewife nifomaniac" that some men might find titillating.

To me this collection is mainly about evasive sexualism,of course its not practical or wearable for real life,its to provocative,imo.There is so much you can do with this aesthetic,present it in different ways which will be heaven for stylists&editors.I agree with others that there is lots of refference to other desingers,but i see it as homage,Marcs take of Chanel,Rei,Schiaparelli.etc made his own way presented as sex!And man did he present,the venue was amazing,the video art-Brilliant.He succeded to do what Prada and other labels could never do for me,make me see the sex behind the gimmicky,retro looking clothes and win me over,despite not being "that girl",appreacite it and feel ok knowing i never will be.

I think he is one of the most talented American designers,this whole show was A+,down to Victoria Beckham sitting front row,wearing a Herve Leger dress(seriously,was this arranged?)worked as a point to the message he was sending.Not to diss VB because all of this was written by VB type of woman,she is my girl,but its great it helped to see the argument of the collection a bit better because of it.

And just for fun,here is a picture of Mrs.Beckham with a puzzeled expression on her face at the show,hahah not sure if she got it,but i did,and thats the proof that Fashion can reach to anyone no matter how different your prefferences are.

Credit:denden.

 

[dior_couture1245]

LOVE everything about Behati's floral/ butterfly dress! I really like how Marc uses classical pieces for his shows, they add much more interest...much more than any generic techno song would. Plus...I've always thought Ravel's "Bolero" would make a cool runway track!

 

[dior_couture1245]

OHHH!!!! How clever! The looks are numbered backwards on marcjacobs.com (on purpose of course) and look number 10 is the number 10 jersey and look number 9 is the number 9 jersey! I love little details like that!

 

[Spike413]

I'm entirely torn on this collection.

On the one hand, I dislike how gimmeky it is. Coming from Marc Jacobs it seems very odd. I can't help but wonder where the cool factor is in this. Sure some of the clothes are great, and interesting, but a) I have seen a lot of this before and b) it seems so intentional.

On the other hand, it's a very welcome shot of fun. I've always gotten the impression that Marc doesn't take himself, or fashion, too seriously. This just throws that idea into the fashion worlds' face. It has a naughty little boy vibe, like the entire time Marc was backstage giggling at just how silly it all was and being entirely confident in that. With that in mind, I don't think I could hate this collection even if I wanted to.

 

[shinkoyo_sister]

that victoria beckham photo is GOOD. thanks for posting that.
i don't care for much of this.

the 'too-small' shoes are cute. but not if they need to be glued-on to wear.

 

[ysljunkie]

That Victoria Photo is priceless!!!I thought this was funny to:
by tanika white
Marc Jacobs show is curioser and curioser
When I said in Monday’s paper that Marc Jacobs’ show often is confusing, I hadn’t yet been to the unveiling of his spring collection, which was last night.Let me say it now, just to be clear: Marc Jacobs’ show is confusing. With a capital “C.”
First of all, Jacobs began the show the way other shows end – by coming out onto the runway at The New York Armory and waving gratefully to the crowd. Then all 50-plus models in his show paraded in a line, in the same manner that most other runway shows conclude, giving viewers a chance to see all the designer’s looks at once. After that, each model walked the catwalk individually.
The show, in other words, was intentionally backward.
But the most glaring aspect of the night’s weirdness: the clothes.
Jacobs designed a spring collection that was unfinished – literally. Dresses were absent backs or sides. Shoes were missing chunks of their heels. Bras were showing. Tuxedo pants were shockingly sheer.
I left scratching my head, and frankly a little bit dazed.
What was that I just saw??
Other newspaper editors seated next to me on the bleachers were either befuddled, tickled by the silliness of it all, or – in some cases – angry. After all, the show started two hours late, at 11 p.m., and lasted less than 15 minutes.
“We waited all that time for THIS,” a colleague complained.
“Maybe he’s still on drugs,” someone else surmised.
Another fashion writer said the presentation reminded her of “a trip down the rabbit hole.”
Jacobs is a trip, all right. One I just don’t get.
Even the “run-of-show,” which lists for participants the designer’s descriptions of each look, were curiouser and curioser.
One model was said to be wearing “two thirds of a satin gown.” Another, a “patent too small sandal.” One model was described as wearing only “crepe.”
Interestingly, Jacobs’ descriptions were, for the most part, literal. That partial gown was indeed a fraction of a dress. The “too-small” sandals left models with their heels resting on the backs of shoes – like Cinderella’s stepsisters.
The crepe thing is just inexplicable.
In just about all of Jacobs’ shows, I leave with the distinct feeling that the Emperor has no clothes – and no one wants to tell him. In this case, the Emperor had only baffling parts of clothes. And I wonder if any of the glossy fashion mags and big-time critics will say so.
On the way out of the mob-like scene that is the Marc Jacobs show, I ended up somehow standing next to fashion mogul Russell Simmons, whose forehead was beaded with sweat from standing in the crush of the exiting crowd.
I couldn’t resist asking him, since he was in such close proximity, what he thought of the show.
His answer was telling.
“I thought the production was phenomenal, and it was fun,” he said. “And it was well-produced.”
As I suspected, he said nothing about the clothes.

 

[KhaoticKharma]

I am sooo 50/50 on this one right now...

 

[Spike413]

I love those look descriptions!!

Crepe...that's priceless!

 

[ysljunkie]

I love those look descriptions!!

Crepe...that's priceless!

I know

 

[UNiQFashionista]

Im torn...I didnt expect this...hmm..

 

[ilaughead]

Even the “run-of-show,” which lists for participants the designer’s descriptions of each look, were curiouser and curioser.
One model was said to be wearing “two thirds of a satin gown.” Another, a “patent too small sandal.” One model was described as wearing only “crepe.”
Interestingly, Jacobs’ descriptions were, for the most part, literal. That partial gown was indeed a fraction of a dress. The “too-small” sandals left models with their heels resting on the backs of shoes – like Cinderella’s stepsisters.
The crepe thing is just inexplicable.

I would love to look through one of these.

 

[bedtimestorynyc]

mixture of Alexander McQueen (SS07) CDG (any season .. and don't get me started on the headgears LOL) Chanel (latest seasons) with a bit of Marc in it!

 

[Faran Alexis]

Here are my shots of the show - especially loved how it ran backwards, though when Marc first came out for his "bow" I thought he was coming to announce the whole show had been cancelled!

 

[liashoes]

Faran Alexis---thanks for those great shots. It's wonderful to see it all through a wider perspective. And thank goodness he DIDN't cancel the show!

 

[gia0202]

I also saw chanel--in an ironic way. I see some alexander mcqueen (the flowers) and miu miu (the retro, bad girl vibe) as well. there is a strong japanese fashion influence in terms of the deconstruction--but that makes sense. East Asians often adore Marc. He is such a good business man that he gears every collection to his customer base.

 

[thuyanat]

NYPost just wrote a scathing article about this specific collection..

 

[thuyanat]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09112007/entertainment/fashionweek/way_off_the_marc.htm

 

[marremarremarre]

I saw it and first thought.. what in the world, sort of comme des garcons, what is he doing? then I thought it's awful, I hate it! then I thought, it must be pretty great if it provokes all these different reactions. It's very cool.. has me thinking about putting clothes together a way I hadn't thought of before.

 

[kiddokiddo]

I appreciate the sensibility of his inspiration but it just wasn't excuted well enough, so it just sorta looks gimmicky...is it just me or I even see a bit of Yohji Yamamoto SS05 in there as well?? I like the accessories though, esp the glasses

 

[BerlinRocks]

from NYPost

September 11, 2007 — What is wrong with Marc Jacobs? Last night - fresh off a round of positive press in which the rehabbed, newly buff designer claimed to have gotten his entire life together the cool girl's favorite designer indulged in a remarkable display of self-destruction. Not only did his show start two hours late, at 11 p.m. (this after a very public flogging by the industry just a few seasons ago for a 90-minute delay), but he opted for a gimmicky "backwards show," taking, with great presumption, his applause before ever sending a single look down the runway.
As for those looks: again, what is wrong with Marc Jacobs? For all its highbrow references, Comme des Garcons, Martin Margiela, a touch of Bauhaus, this collection was an unmitigated disaster. Aside from the shoes, which were feats of engineering, and one dress, a beaded blood-red number, the clothes were a fashion-school hodgepodge of what a fashion-school student would most likely - and incorrectly - call "deconstrucionist fashion." That said, Jacobs is a visionary, a true talent who both predicts and dictates trends - but this collection, and the screw-you attitude with which it was presented, were just begging for harsh criticism. Sorry to oblige.

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By MAUREEN CALLAHAN