Marc Jacob
The Man of
Honor
“I always find beauty in things that are odd
and imperfect - they are much more interesting.”
- Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacob, highly renowned name in the global fashion industry and the prodigy fashion
designer of the 21st century, has always been in the centered
spotlight of the world since the very first day of his career pathway. Looking
back to his family history, Marc Jacob was born into a non-observant Jewish
family in New York City, in 1963. He was then moved to live with his
grandmother in the downtown of Manhattan, where he said it was the best change
of his life. There was never a “NO” from his grandmother toward what he wanted to
do or who he truly wanted to be. Going to the famous arts school Parsons School
of Design, Marc Jacobs started to build the first chapter of his infamous
fashion career. In a parallel manner and by that moment, the world also started
to witness a young fashion prodigy being born, arisen and remained in the
amazing spotlight for many years until present.
Indeed, Marc Jacob
is a true genius and he possesses an incredible talent. At the age of 21 and in
his last year at school, he was honored with the most three notable awards
Design Student of the Year, the Perry Ellis Gold Thimble Award and the Chester
Weinberg Gold Thimble Award. Soon later, he became the youngest designer in
history who won the Council of Fashion Designers of America Perry Ellis Award
for New Fashion Talent in 1987. And that was far beyond any expectation of
anybody. During that time, Marc Jacob was successfully launched his first label
Marc Jacobs which mainly focus on high-end designer clothes. The line was
quickly become one of the top favorite rising luxury fashion label, chosen by a
large number of fashion designers, innovators, fashion editors and others. The unstoppable
rising popularity of Marc Jacob led to a “surprising encounter” with Anne
Wintour – the most powerful editor in chief of American Vogue. Marc Jacob and
Anne Wintour became friends; and amazingly, their friendship has been lasting
for almost 2 decades.
Nevertheless, the
most fabulous turning point in Marc Jacobs’ career were not about his line that
Marc Jacob launched but at the appointment to become the world famous Louis
Vuitton’s creative director. At that remarkable career stage, Marc Jacobs became
the youngest creative director that had ever worked for this worldwide
recognized premium and luxury brand. During Marc Jacob’s empire, the old and
traditional image of Louis Vuitton was transformed into a dynamic and versatile
image. The value of the brand and the global revenue was expanded triple time
compared to its old one.
One of his
outstanding achievements was to marry haute couture to prêt-à-porter. Marc Jacobs’s
philosophy and interest are always about the beauty of imperfection. Hence, he
took the vanity, luxury and exquisite characteristics of haute couture and
absorbed them into the ready-to-wear framework. It was a daring move; consider
the long existing notable philosophy of haute couture in contrast with the
ordinary and convenient philosophy of ready-to-wear. However, to the world’s
surprise, it worked extremely well under the magnificent mind and magic hands of
Marc Jacobs. Looking back to his Spring 2013 collection (my favorite
ready-to-wear collection of Marc Jacobs), he once again made the fashion world
shaken up by combining a variety of ready-to-wear and haute couture elements
such as the vibration of bold colors, the simplicity of clothing style, the gorgeous
and notable Oriental accessories, the chic vibe, the exquisite and well-made
materials into a perfect classy, sophisticated, elegant yet exotic outfits.
