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.
Why do we still love supermodels? It’s the economy stupid
telegraph.co.ukNaomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford created an electrical storm on Versace’s catwalk. That was the start of the comeback. A post shared by Claudia Schiffer (@claudiaschiffer)Recently, Kim Jones, who became Fendi’s Creative Director last year, has found a happy groove using his supermodel friends for all his shows there.
It’s win win, making Fendi look age inclusive to the outside world, while also speaking to its core customer.Christy Turlington, who couldn’t wait to flee the unforgiving exposure of the catwalk at the age of 29, is now a mother of two teenagers, and appeared at Fendi on Thursday and Marc Jacobs the week before. “I recently turned 50,’’ Turlington wrote on her Instagram account by way of explanation.
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