Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years having been discontinued after the 2015 fall/winter collection. At one point there were over 200 retail stores in 80 countries.
He was the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton from 1997 to 2014. Jacobs was on Time magazine's "2010 Time 100" list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and was #14 on Out magazine's 2012 list of "50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America". He got married on 7 April 2019, to his long time boyfriend Charly Defrancesco.
Downton Abbey: A New Era premiere was a glamorous affair that brought all the stars of the beloved TV show back together on the red carpet for the first time in years – and the actresses and their stylists pulled out all the stops.
This was certainly the case for Elizabeth McGovern, who worked together with her stylist Mary Fellowes on a very unique look, one which championed sustainability.
The dress was created by Beirut-based couture house, Azzi & Osta, who re-purposed an old design with deadstock material from a former Marc Jacobs collection. "These big red-carpet moments can get hundreds of millions of digital impressions and therefore are a wonderful vehicle and platform to spread awareness," Fellowes told us about why it was so important to make a statement about sustainability on this occasion. "Not to do so, in the age of climate crisis we live in and when we are all patently aware of how polluting fashion is, to me is a dereliction of duty and unethical.
For this event, we needed to rework this heirloom dress, so I insisted that any fabrics be sourced from an upcycled supplier – we went with Mood Fabrics in New York.
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