Focus On - Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

(Marc Jacobs backstage at Marc Jacobs Fall/Winter 2009 show)

• Jacobs enrolled at Parsons School of Design. For his graduation project, he designed a collection of oversized hand-knit sweaters, which he sold to Charivari.
• In 1984, Jacobs was hired by the clothing manufacturer Reuben Thomas, Inc., for which he designed the Sketchbook label. 
• In 1986, Marc Jacobs and Robert Duffy (an executive at Reuben Thomas Inc) established a partnership and  Jacobs showed his first collection bearing the Marc Jacobs label.
• In 1987, he became the youngest designer ever to receive the CFDA's Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent. 
• In 1988 Jacobs was named vice president of women’s design at Perry Ellis, where he worked till 1993.
• In 1993, Marc Jacobs and Robert Duffy launched their own licensing and design company, and in April 1994, Jacobs showed his comeback collection.
• In 1997, he was named creative director of Louis Vuitton.
• In the spring of 2001, Jacobs introduced his secondary line, Marc by Marc Jacobs.

(Lais Ribeiro in Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2011 Ready-to-Wear)

Marc Jacobs is another one of those designers that does so much. He has three collections that he designs for, yet the great ideas keep coming. One thing I like about Marc is that he is not afraid to use colour we always see great colour pallets from his collections. He is a designer whose collections I'm always excited to see and who I always expect a lot from because I know he has the ability to produce great collections.

(Daiane Conterato in Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2009 Ready-to-Wear)

I honestly don’t know what my favourite Marc Jacobs collection is, there are so many to pick from. The one I decided to go with was the Louis Vuitton Fall 2012 Ready-to-Wear collection. My reason for picking this show was that I really enjoyed it. Its definitely not the best Marc Jacobs collection, but I loved the concept, the train was beautiful and I think it’s one of the better ideas for a show that I have seen. I also really loved the bags in this show I wanted every single one. This show made me so happy when I saw it, I hope you enjoy. Marc Jacobs I love you.

Senait Gidey - Dress to Kill Magazine Summer 2012

I think Canadian model Senait Gide is great, but I have not seen her in a lot of things, so I was happy when I came across this editorial called 'Paradis Blanc' for the summer 2012 issue of Dress to Kill Magazine. Lily & Lilac were the photographers and the looks from Louis Vuitton, Donna Karan, Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Ports 1961, Christopher Kane and Malgorzata Dudek were styled by Nadia Pizzimenti. The pictures are stunning Senait looks so elegant and regal.

Focus On - Natalia Vodianova

Natalia Vodianova

(Italian Vogue April 2008: Steven Meisel - Photographer, Unknown - Stylist)

Agencies
New York - DNA Models
Paris - Viva Model Management
Milan - Why Not Model Management
London - Viva London

Born on February 28, 1982 in Russia, Natalia was discovered after attending a modelling academy and moving to Paris. She has appeared in American, British, Italian, French, Turkey, China, Russia & German Vogue as well as Pop, V, Harper's Bazaar, i-D & L'officiel. She has also graced the cover of many of those magazines as well as ELLE, French Numéro, Tatler and many more. She has been in campaigns for Givenchy, Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Jacobs, Diane von Fürstenberg & Chanel.

(Louis VuittonSpring/Summer 2008: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott - Photographer, Unknown - Stylist)

The thing I love the most about Natalia are her eyes and lips, that's what I always notice first when I see pictures of her. She is such a great model that she has the ability to transform in every picture, so the way that I am able to recognize her most of the time is because of her eyes and lips.

(Vogue China - June 2011: Peter Lindbergh - Photographer, Nicoletta Santoro - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

The first time I really took notice of Natalia was when I saw the Russian Vogue September 2010 issue. This was not the first time I had seen Natalia, but the pictures were so beautiful that it put her in the list of my top ten models. I could not find one thing that I did not like about the pictures and I wanted everything she was wearing from the clothes to the accessories. I love this shoot.

(Vogue Russia September 2010: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott - Photographer, Patti Wilson - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

Marc by Marc Jacobs - Resort 2013

I love love love Marc Jacobs I think he is one of the top designers, so when I saw this collection I was caught off guard as I did not get the same excited feeling I usually get when I see a Marc Jacobs collection. At first glance I did not really like it but the more I saw it, the more my brain started to strip away parts of it and I realised that there are some really nice pieces in there.

These two looks are my fave the dress is great and the shorts with that cute top and jacket are very well constructed and styled.

Here is more of the collection, what do you think are you a fan?