Marc Jacobs S/S 2009 New York

[helmut.newton]

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[BerlinRocks]

is Marc styling his own shows ?
to be honest, i love the styling ......
and i'm happy to have bought this sort of mao shirt at h&m recently ... they are everywhere in this show ....

when i see what Lara S. is wearing, i totaly remember the MJ documentary when he re-did this purple vintage cheap sweatshirt .....

 

[helmut.newton]

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[liashoes]

Your welcome helmut.newton and 4n98! And I agree the shoes are mind boggling!

BerlinRocks, I've yet to see a review from Menkes.

 

[helmut.newton]

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[surrealseven]

I really love the hats

 

[Fashtastic]

Fantastic! I like a lot of the details from his show, like the sinched waists and the blue/yellow color combo which I normally don't like but the metallic tones make it look good. And the black sandals with several straps (seems to be another version of them in black and brown as well). Oh, please be mine!

 

[helmut.newton]

THIS IS GENIUS! I can't get over it!

I'm glad he's back to layering and lots of accessories! I missed that last season!!

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[fer19dog]

oh wow he really put a lot of attention to details, it looks amazing

 

[helmut.newton]

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[BerlinRocks]

here is Suzy's review

Putting on the prairie
By Suzy Menkes

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
'Naiveté,' said Marc Jacobs to sum up the spirit of his exceptional show. It offered images of the historic nobility of American women - yet made the graceful and colorful clothes, luminous with glowing appliqués, seem enticingly modern.
And there is nothing naïve about Jacobs as a designer, who showed himself in this spring/summer 2009 presentation to be in a class of his own.
"Pretty women" was another offhand phrase from the superstar Jacobs as he greeted celebrities like Jennifer Lopez or his buddy Sofia Coppola, who said, ecstatic about the collection: "It's the sophisticated woman I want to be."
It was the brilliance of Jacobs to take a touch of the prairie, in flat straw boaters and long skirts wrapped at the back, and give those dusty images French polish.
Since he has been based in Paris, Jacobs has learned to take the seed of an idea and grow it with hyper-attention to every detail. First came the fabrics, with extraordinary effects, as deep reds and blues had shimmering surfaces. Then there were the silhouettes, shaped with a wrap of fabric at the waist; or, at the finale, draped gowns in gum pink or faded blue.
Exquisite accessories included bags, in plaid and gingham check like the skirts; the necklace, as a crystalline chunk on a chain, as a Victorian necklet or as a tribal piece that, along with hefty bangles, gave a savage echo of Africa.
It was as though the designer had taken the various elements of immigrant America and transported them into a future where women would wear tailored pants suits with sharp shoulders - à la Saint Laurent in the 1960s - and where a snug sweater over a full-sleeved blouse hinted at the 1970s.
Shoes lacing the instep and balanced on a slope of a pin heel could only have been from the fetishist spirit of footwear fashion now.
Jacobs has often used the past to project into the future. But at a time when the U.S. election has put a spotlight on the diversity of women, this show trembled with intuitive reflections - literally, in the set by Stefan Beckman with an infinity of mirrors, and metaphorically, with the jazz notes of Gershwin.
Yet at its most simplistic, the show just presented charming and colorful clothes to stoke fashion's deep desire.
Suzy Menkes is fashion editor at the International Herald Tribune.

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It was as though the designer had taken the various elements of immigrant America and transported them into a future where women would wear tailored pants suits with sharp shoulders - à la Saint Laurent in the 1960s - and where a snug sweater over a full-sleeved blouse hinted at the 1970s.

that's exactly what i said ..... and saw ....
i have to be suzy !

this review is VERY polite and OBJECTIVE !

 

[helmut.newton]

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[ElectricAlyce]

Dunno if this is a repost but The Guardian has some really neat pictures from the show:
Link to the Guardian

Love his wierdness

 

[helmut.newton]

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[Zazie]

Agreed with birdofparadise's metaphor of the fashion DJ and those who spotted a Japanese influence - this is so very much in the vein of the Japanese streetwear, eg. Fruits, and designers like "mercibeaucoup", cute, quirky pieces in a crazy mix, styled with a good eye. Nice but there's a huge difference between this type of collection and something by CdG who would cut and splice a few patterns and shapes into one fantastic, highly imaginative concoction. She's a composer, Marc Jacob's a DJ, and it's nice to have both, and they're in different leagues. Taken apart, each piece is just ok, it's the coolness in the piling on and the accessories that make this collection fun.

 

[cavanaugh]

wow, the textiles are amazing, i love the combinations!
the knit shoes are interesting too, really different.

does anyone know who styled the show?

 

[helmut.newton]

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