Marc Jacobs

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Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. By the age of 15, he was attending the High School of Art and Design during the day and, after school, working at the upscale clothing boutique Charivari. The work helped Jacobs land a spot at the coveted Parsons School for Design, where he stood out among his classmates by winning both the Perry Ellis Gold Thimble Award and Design Student of the Year at graduation in 1984.[1] While still at Parsons, he designed and sold his first line of hand-knit sweaters. He also designed his first collection for Reuben Thomas, Inc., under the Sketchbook label. With Robert Duffy, Jacobs's creative collaborator, and business partner since the mid-1980s, he formed Jacobs Duffy Designs.[2]

In 1984, backed by Onward Kashiyama USA, Inc., Jacobs designed his first collection bearing the Marc Jacobs label. In 1987, he was the youngest designer to have ever been awarded the fashion industry's highest tribute, the Council of Fashion Designers of America's Perry Ellis Award for "New Fashion Talent". In the fall of 1993, Jacobs Duffy Designs Inc. launched their own licensing and design company: Marc Jacobs International Company, L.P.[3] Jacobs introduced the secondary line, Marc by Marc Jacobs, with a spring 2001 runway show.

Jacobs 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.[4]

Controversy

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In September 2016, Marc Jacobs received a huge backlash after his Spring Summer 2017 Collection runway show. He was called out for racial insensitivity and appropriation of Black beauty and culture.[5] This happened because cast of mostly white models―including Kendall Jenner, Gigi and Bella Hadid, and Adriana Lima―styled with colorful faux dreadlocks. The inspiration behind the beauty look hairstylist Guido Palau created for Jacobs was, he explained, "ravers, acid house, travelers, Boy George, [the singer] Marilyn in the '80s, Harajuku girls"—with no mention of the hair's cultural roots.

Marc Jacobs responded on his personal Instagram account, apologized for the lack of sensitivity unintentionally expressed by his brevity.[6]

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