Defend the Barely Defensible: Marc Jacobs

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Sorry, but this has been bothering me for some time now. Jacobs is someone I would avoid if I could, but lately he seems to be fucking everywhere. Half of the vintage items I turn up on eBay are always "so Marc Jacobs," in the same way a vintage Muddy Waters record is "so Eric Clapton." This must stop! If someone makes some sort of Marc Jacobs comparison with one of my outfits, he/she is getting pistol-whipped.

It's not that his designs are awful. They're fine--because he has his assistants go and find vintage clothing items that he can base his designs which he then sells for thousands of dollars on. What a scam.

If I had more money to spend on a dress, I'd be much better off dropping $110 on a Dadadie Brucke construction anyway.

Okay, that's finally off my chest. Carry on...

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

It's not that his designs are awful. They're fine--because he has his assistants go and find vintage clothing items that he can base his designs which he then sells for thousands of dollars on.

Okay, that made no sense.

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

there's a marc jacobs jacket at tokio-7 that i would give my firstborn for.

phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:04 (twenty-two years ago)

i've got a Marc Jacobs coat. it sits on the hanger at my desk.

Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

it's not like the vintage designs are available to people though; quality vintage pieces are largely lost to history or winona ryder's closet. And he bases designs on them, I don't think he copies. So in this sense I don't see how he's different than, say, most musicians. you can blame my wife for me knowing so much about this.

anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

This is a bit cool.

Paul Eater (eater), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Most quality vintage pieces (they're not impossible to find, just expensive) are still cheaper than Marc Jacobs.

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I've actually been thinking quite a bit about Marc Jacobs lately due to the recent ad campaign with pix of Sonic Youth and Malkmus (sp?). How expensive are these clothes? Isn't rock n roll all about DIY? And yet, I do love clothes. And actually, I really like the photos in their ads.

Winona Ryder looks pretty bad I think in the photos on their site. And doesn't that page with her on the couch and like a dozen platefuls of food on the floor kind of gross you out? I mean, to quote myself in middle school, "Gag me with a spoon - three times and make it official."

But then I think, who am I to judge? I lust after $1000+ vintage sunburst SG guitars, victorian homes worth over half a million, and Italian furniture that is so pricey you would have to call to get a quote. True, I'll probably never be able to afford any of that, but I guess deep down I am materialistic. So it would be wrong for me to get upset with my idols for posing for a fancy clothing line, huh?

Me in talking to myself SHOCKAH!

Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I read an interview with Kim Gordon where she mentioned a pair of Blahniks of hers and it shocked me in a way I couldn't quite put a finger on.

teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Where to buy the personal vintage and used clothing collection of Winona Ryder:

http://www.thepaperbagprincess.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TPBP&Category_Code=cf4

Marc Jacobs is a very successful and amusing copyist. No more a hack than Ralph Lauren. So what if all they do is collect examples of certain already-established looks, if it makes people happy and provides a useful predictability. The same criticism could go for felicity workwear fave agnes b, who just rehashes fashion of the early 1960s French cinema.

Anyway, the only Marc Jacobs I have are the famous soft black leather precusor over-the-knee boots. I don't think of them as the Mod kitsch his name has come to denote, just the downtown New York style.

felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

For a lot of people, it's difficult to find vintage pieces that fit properly. I, for example, can never, ever find vintage pants that are long enough for me, and often the sleeves on the coats are far too short. So for someone like me, vintage-inspired clothing in modern sizes = good.
That said, I can never afford any clothes anyway, so whatever.

kirsten (kirsten), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I have a white, velvet Marc Jacobs jacket and it is beautiful. Kirsten can wear it whenever she likes when she comes to live with me in Dublin.

Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

You are too good to me.

kirsten (kirsten), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

And it's still the whole Eric Clapton thing that bothers me the most. I'm on the constant additions to my wardrobe (most of which come from thrift stores) and put my outfits together very carefully. Thus, it's very irritating to have aspects of my style co-opted by someone like Jacobs. He's a follower, not a leader.

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, you will be doing all the dishes in return. Or maybe you can just let me borrow your blue bag? (I spotted it this weekend when I was packaging away some photos from NYEve).

Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

felicity is otm; it's totally absurd how copycatty Jacobs is, but at the same time, I really like costumey looks, vintage stuff, even stylized versions of vintage looks.

xpost and kirsten is FURTHER otm with the vintage sizing issues, I'm a size 1/2 and tall with long arms and big feet; nothing fits except certain skirts and sleeveless tops.

teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

What kirsten said. There are actually quite a few great second hand clothing stores in Richmond, but the clothes are always teeny tiny! It's very rare for me to find something to fit my size 12 body. And I don't much care for mui muis! (sp?)

Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

x-post
i don't mean this in a catty way, but your style didn't just fall out of the sky and hit you on the head, sarah p. you got your look from somewhere, too.

lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Teeny, you're a 1/2?!

Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

And Sarah, I know you know it's just because MJ is a better-known name than Courreges that he gets namechecked, but yeah, it is annoying.

teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

oops above was for sarah pedal, and yeah sarah mcl, I am.

teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:40 (twenty-two years ago)

In Dublin I can never find vintage stuff that is small enough. Perhaps European women of the last century were montresses or perhaps I'm teeny.

I wih Kirsten would come vintage clothes shopping with me in Dublin.

Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Where are these vintage stores with small clothes you speak of? In my experience, the majority of the stuff in those places is closer to your size than mine, Sarah.

xpost Mmmyes, I have sizing issues as well, being of average height with long limbs and not particularly curvy, but I get lucky here and tehre.

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I will be in Glasgow in two months! You should just come over and we can get dressed up and shop there.
And you are teeny, by the way. But I am the Littlest Thing.

kirsten (kirsten), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, I've heard all the tiny giantess before. I will come over and see you and maybe take in a Winchester!

Email me dates!!

Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Well then, I guess the remaining vintage sizes are for medium sized people then, instead of teeny people like I thought.

Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Did I ever say my style did fall out of the sky and hit me on the head? Obviously I have designers and icons I imitate/admire. I'd be perfectly happy if I could simply inherit every item of clothing Rudi Gernreich ever made. That said, I think that certain aspects of my aesthetic that are unique to me.

The same could be said about Jacobs, certainly, but the circumstances are quite different.

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

phil-two, which Marc Jacobs jacket at Tokio-7?

I dragged bnw to Tokyo Joe on Sunday -- luckily as it turns out because otherwise I would have stared off into space interminably as they searched vainly to find the 2nd piece of a 2-piece ensemble I was considering.

felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

they're for short tiny people, which is why winona gets all the good stuff!

teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

All of this just makes me wish I was rich enough to fill my wardrobe with vintage Gernreich, Courregès, and St. Laurent. Someday...(wanders around the house bleakly in an Our Gang polo shirt)

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)

felicity - i just went by today and its GONE! GONE GONE GONE! It was a winter jacket that was wine/maroon'ish with white wooly-carpet'ish lining that was so warm and the same lining on the lapel, and it was so awesome and only $200. Why me. Why me. But they have a pretty cool women's Marc Jacobs turquoise winter coat at Tokio-7 for $800 in the window.

phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

they're for short tiny people, which is why winona gets all the good stuff!

Yes, but tis still difficult for us short and tiny people to find pieces that fit properly, Teeny. In my case, trousers always need to be altered as it was created for a 5ft7 supermodel.

But they have a pretty cool women's Marc Jacobs turquoise winter coat at Tokio-7 for $800 in the window.

$800? I just choked.

Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Well it was probably well over $2000 retail...

phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 20:03 (twenty-two years ago)

5'7 is too short to be a model. Just FYI.

Allyzay, Tuesday, 28 October 2003 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd agree that MJ is a total copyist, but as others have said it doesn't really bother me because it's very rare that I find vintage pieces that I like that fit me.

That said, his grunge collection for Perry Ellis remains unforgivable; I wish I could find some pictures of it online so that I could trot out an example of the sheer hideousness of it all.

Nicolars (Nicole), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 20:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I love Marc Jacobs. He likes cute. I like cute. He copies from Japanese street fashion. I copy from Japanese street fashion. We have the same initials. If I got a piece of clothing with MJ on it it would be like a monogram. However, i don't have any MJ clothes. A bit too expensive. Besides, where am I going to get them, Macy's? Oh -- I have one thing that I got at Tokio 7 (we should just advertise for them already) -- it is a military style shirt. It is the funniest thing -- a designer copy of military sold for cheap at consignment. Think of the levels of irony.

Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yes, that was during our shock and awe phase.

felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah, I love that Dadadie site you linked. Have you ever ordered from them? (I am curious how accurate their sizing is.) I wish they made the Blythe/Mondrian outfit.

Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh my god - I am wearing a Marc Jacobs skirt right now! ROFL!

Kerry (dymaxia), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I got it on clearance - I'm not that wealthy.

Kerry (dymaxia), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

First of all, Marc Jacobs is not exactly the cutting edge of fashion. That is why he is so popular. He makes diluted designs derivative of 60's style. And the comparison to Ralph Lauren is otm as well. For both designers, their currency is nostalgia. Innovation runs contrary to this. And about the sizing issue - if you have enough money to buy Marc Jacobs "because it fits better", you have enough money to buy "authentic" vintage wear and have it tailored. It just depends on whether you care more about "authenticity" or "brand recognition". Or better yet, convenience. By the way, any conversation that leads into issues of authenticity, originality or genius is doomed from the start.

tiiiiiiiiiim (tiiiiiiiiiim), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:41 (twenty-two years ago)

"if you have enough money to buy Marc Jacobs "because it fits better", you have enough money to buy "authentic" vintage wear and have it tailored"

only if you have the time and the luck to find vintage pieces that you like. in the bay area good stuff disappears immediately, half of it to people who work at the shops. Also, there is something to be said for fabric that isn't 40 years old. All of my vintage clothes fall apart after a year.

Not that I buy Marc Jacobs, I'm just saying, not everyone likes to spend every waking second trolling through all the vintage shops in their city for the one item a month that works.

anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know why Kim Gordon having Blahniks would be shocking. Why should she be shopping at the Payless or even Nine West when she can afford to actually buy something of better quality and design. (I say this as I cuddle with my Ferregamo mules.) I mean, I used to be all DIY (see my screen printed Mr. T briefs), but jeez, I make money now and can actually afford to have better quality goods.

His bags are for girls that don't really carry bags and I like this. I love mod and as much as I hate that it's the trend right now, I also love that I can actually buy some new articles of it instead of hunting it down.

Carey (Carey), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)

with regards to getting things tailored, it's not going to matter how much money you have to spend if something is like 3 sizes too small.

lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't care for Marc Jacobs' stuff, but seems bizarre to fault any designer for stealing yr personal style, unless you happen to run into him on a regular basis or appear in style mags yourself.

But his stuff is mostly nothing I can't find in the fab thrift stores around here. I admit I've sold stuff on eBay with 'v Marc Jacobs' remarks but I do want to SELL it, after all.

daria g (daria g), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)

he's good at what he does - which basically IS copying - i just cant understand all the mega props he gets.

jed (jed_e_3), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Jed OTM.

xpost I've never ordered from the Dadadie Brucke site for some reason, probably because I wasn't thinking about it the last time I had a bunch of money. But if you send in your measurements, I doubt she gan go wrong.

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 01:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Errr...I mean "can."

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 01:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I may not have invented the fashion of 1965-1975...but neither did Marc Jacobs. People tend to forget that.

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:00 (twenty-two years ago)

You guys are preaching to the converted here.

Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Whaaat? Anyway, I think I might e-mail Dadadie Brucke re: making a replica of the Mondrian dress.

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:11 (twenty-two years ago)

And it's still the whole Eric Clapton thing that bothers me the most. I'm on the constant additions to my wardrobe (most of which come from thrift stores) and put my outfits together very carefully. Thus, it's very irritating to have aspects of my style co-opted by someone like Jacobs. He's a follower, not a leader.

This just strikes me as... rockist. I don't get why people get so worked up over authenticity in clothing- it's supposed to be fun, not something to really be taken seriously. It seems kind of odd to pick one designer out in particular for being derivitive when they all do it to one degree or another. I like some Marc Jacobs things (like this coat, which I would love to have if I ever stumbled over it on sale), but yeah-- he's not all that amazing.

lyra (lyra), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)

From what I gather, I think it's just that people hate to have their personal "individual" style made mainstream. Sarah's is Marc Jacobs to a degree, so she is no longer as individual as she thought and thus the fustration in this thread. I suggest going eskimo.

Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I liked Marc Jacobs' Vuitton line.

gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:32 (twenty-two years ago)

The white and clear dress on the Dadadie website is the greatest item of clothing I have laid eyes on in years.

Allyzay, Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I do love my faux fur eskimo-gone-blaxploitation coat and I've been jonesing for a pair of mukluks.

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha ha Sarah, all of the ILX women are going to start dressing like the Dadaite site and then where will you be?

Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Dahling, if I thought anyone could pull it off as well as I, I'd be scared. (j/k, obv.)

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:54 (twenty-two years ago)

And for all y'all hataz out there, in a nutshell I'd say my biggest quarrel with Jacobs is not him "copping my style" (that was a "what was I thinking" comment if there ever was one), but mostly that I think he is neither the best nor the most affordable in the vintage clothing lookalike biz, yet he is hailed as some kind of fashion Messiah. Because of all this Messiah-hailing, the rest of us whose influences are similar are assumed to be ridin' the Jacobs wave, even if we most certainly are not. Think about that, hataz.

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I have seen that Dadadie website before in some magazine and it's killing me, not knowing.

I will say that the Marc Jacobs line is like $400 too expensive for what it is and the Marc line is $40 too expensive for what it is. Does that make sense?

Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:59 (twenty-two years ago)

This site has some great shit as well. The black and white op art sweater belongs in my closet...

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah, if you get them to make the Blythe pantsuit, you'll let me know, won't you? I'll pick you up some vintage Marc Jacobs at the consignment store, yo.

Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

(Also: no one on this thread has hailed MJ as the messiah, and no one has accused any mod stylin' person of following MJ, and no one here is a hata, just a lova.)

Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess my confusion lies as to why someone would give a shit what wave people thought they were riding. Not all of Jacobs stuff is "vintage" inspired. And mod just happens to be very big this year.

Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, I went to the Mary Quant store the other day, totally thinking that now would be the time for them to make a big comeback. So sad. With the exception of make up, there was barely anything to even look through. And I have walked by it 3 times since and no one is ever in that store.

Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:16 (twenty-two years ago)

The press is what seems to be doing the Messiah-hailing. And y'all know I got nothin' but mad love for my ILX homies.

(P.S. Part of me rolls my eyes at the nth mod revival this year, but most of the rest of me breathes a sigh of relief and says, "Well, at least it isn't the fucking eighties.")

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, to be honest, I see mod and I think H&M, not MJ. Just lay low a bit and we the crowds will move on to something else. Where is the MQ store, CF? I didn't know there was one in NY . . .

Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:21 (twenty-two years ago)

How the mighty have fallen...

Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha, "CF". It's on Madison Ave and 52nd or 53rd. It's small and there is an upstairs but they looked startled when I tried to go up there ( I was the only one in the store with 2 salepeople and a doorman).

Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:28 (twenty-two years ago)

They were hiding all the good stuff up there!

Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Although, they do have a Mary Quant section at Henri Bendel which has more stuff. But I hate getting around those cosmetics counters downstairs. They can smell FEAR!

Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)

HaHa, I just realized I have been to that store Velvet Illusion the last couple of times I have been in London. They are in the Camden Market Stalls. I almost ran into a wall there because they have already cut the size of their store in half in the short amount of time they have been open. All the salespeople there are so Absolute Beginners with a touch of Liam that it's disconcerting to go from seeing all the tourists in shorts and fannypacks to being caught in that time warp. They had a really great umbrella the first time I was there that I should've snatched. And since Zara and Dorothy Perkins and H&M all carry the same now, they might not be around, except via internet, that much longer.

Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)

good lord. i love how this thread turned me into some crazy marc jacobs apologist. but moving on to mary quant, even if everything else is lacking i must say that her nail polish is still tops. and her makeup bags. i am looking at mine right now - vinyl, pink and black flowers. oooh.

lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 06:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Carey, next time you are around the Mary Quant store, you should call me for lunch or coffee of whatever. I work very close by.

felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I have Marc Jacobs corduroys. They're a nice cool sage color. (I had store credit at Century 21.)

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...
I quite like this little snow bunny look from Marc by Marc Jacobs (n.b. armwarmers).

http://vogue.co.uk/shows/Ready-to-Wear/Autumn_Winter_2003/New_York/Marc_by_Marc_Jacobs/Full/00330f.jpg

felicity (felicity), Monday, 24 November 2003 02:54 (twenty-two years ago)

The legwarmers under capris is interesting, too. I saw a woman walking home yesterday in cropped dress pants like banana republic has all over, with boots disappearing into scrunchy legwarmers under the pants. It looked neat, but something about the way she was wearing it kind of screamed fashion victim.

lyra (lyra), Monday, 24 November 2003 03:07 (twenty-two years ago)

those ads made malkmus look bad, which is a really difficult thing to do.

katharine (katharine), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:17 (twenty-two years ago)

The gossip at Edgy Style Mag says that the photographer who shot the Winona Ryder campaign (let's just call him Jurgen the German) shagged her six ways from Sunday at the shoot. And Jarvis Cocker's wife is employed as MJ's main stylist. Though I must admit at Edgy Style Mag we don't really work Marc Jacobs' looks in our own wardrobes - we're a bit more into the Antwerps, esp. Raf Simons.

Maybe, ohh, seven years ago I had to interview Marc Jacobs for Harper's Bazaar. To be fair to him, he's no more guilty of hiving off music-based fashion trends than any of the rest of us - and I spent a happy hour gabbing with him about all sorts of music/fashion interfaces and found him to be as knowledgeable as any of us - if not more so. And look, please: Kim Gordon is a *total* fashionista and always has been - I used to wonder if she lived in a cubbyhole at Patricia Field and was actually dismayed upon meeting her (ten years ago) that she was *so* fash-ONG.

Sarah P: you should check out Gehrenreich model Peggy Moffitt's collection for Comme des Garçons, it's well cool but save your pennies.

suzy (suzy), Monday, 24 November 2003 09:58 (twenty-two years ago)

horrible except for a few good chunky cardigans, but there can't be enough chunky cardigans in my book.

Ed (dali), Monday, 24 November 2003 10:58 (twenty-two years ago)

seven years pass...

lol @ interns
http://i.imgur.com/KJ0VM.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/f611L.jpg

City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Friday, 25 March 2011 07:00 (fifteen years ago)

The gossip at Edgy Style Mag says that the photographer who shot the Winona Ryder campaign (let's just call him Jurgen the German) shagged her six ways from Sunday at the shoot. And Jarvis Cocker's wife is employed as MJ's main stylist. Though I must admit at Edgy Style Mag we don't really work Marc Jacobs' looks in our own wardrobes - we're a bit more into the Antwerps, esp. Raf Simons.

Maybe, ohh, seven years ago I had to interview Marc Jacobs for Harper's Bazaar. To be fair to him, he's no more guilty of hiving off music-based fashion trends than any of the rest of us - and I spent a happy hour gabbing with him about all sorts of music/fashion interfaces and found him to be as knowledgeable as any of us - if not more so. And look, please: Kim Gordon is a *total* fashionista and always has been - I used to wonder if she lived in a cubbyhole at Patricia Field and was actually dismayed upon meeting her (ten years ago) that she was *so* fash-ONG.

Sarah P: you should check out Gehrenreich model Peggy Moffitt's collection for Comme des Garçons, it's well cool but save your pennies.

adam, Friday, 25 March 2011 15:59 (fifteen years ago)

five years pass...

https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/l/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/p750x750/14553141_1798505870434780_1004535306562568192_n.jpg

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 06:00 (nine years ago)


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