The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) together with Melbourne Spring Fashion Week have come together to celebrate Marc Jacobs’ 25 years in fashion. He continues to bring grunge to the catwalk – making the ugly trendy, and the trendy ugly.
Presented as part of Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, the six films showcase his career and creations, taking you back stage and into the mind of the visionary designer.
And there’s a bonus. All screenings will be introduced by internationally loved fashion blogger Bryanboy. This gorgeous green ostrich bag for the Marc Jacobs Fall/Winter 08-09 Collection –aka the BB bag – was created in Bryanboy’s honour. Every blogger’s dream!
Byanboy and his own BB bag! Source: ACMI.
Since his debut show for Perry Ellis in 1985, a year after he graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York, Marc Jacobs has been designing clothes that everyone wants to wear. Whether it’s shoes, jackets or a hand bag, they are unpretentious and carry a sexy urban vibe. I learn, after watching Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton, that his inspiration comes from cigarettes, art galleries, a serious case of trial and error and an almost compulsive regime of Omega 3 tablets and protein bars.
Director of the 2007 documentary, Loïc Prigent, calls him “the most influential American fashion designer of his generation.” Constantly surrounded by a fan base which includes A-listers and supermodels such as Winona Ryder, Victoria Beckham, Helena Christensen (to name only a few), we follow Jacobs from New York – where he showcases his new collection – to Tokyo, and finally Paris for the new Louis Vuitton range. As the Creative Director of Louis Vuitton since 1997, Jacobs has the luxury of being able to do what ever he wants. He says he likes the idea of “wearing eight shades of the same colour at once”, only because everyone says you can’t and he is often stuck with the dilemma of: is this item so ugly that it is beautiful, or so ugly that it is, well, just plain ugly.
It is in Paris that we witness the birth of possibly the craziest handbag ever made – a collaboration of earlier Louis Vuitton handbags, all in one. Only 28 examples of these were made, costing a whopping €35,000 (or roughly $60,000) each. Amazing…
The sexy Louis Vuitton Tribute Patchwork Bag.
Bernard Arnault, the CEO and Chairman of Louis Vuitton, absolutely adores Marc Jacobs. And why wouldn’t he? The brand has doubled in size every five years since Jacobs’ arrival, transforming the French luggage maker into the most profitable luxury business. Ever.
Models showcase the new collection. Source: ACMI.
Marc Jacobs. Source: ACMI.
Dakota Fanning for Marc Jacobs.
The little black dress for men. Advertisement.
Fashion Gal.
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The six films on show include: Marc Jacobs – Designer Marathon (1984-2008), Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton (2007), Marc Jacobs’ New York (various), Luis Vuitton, Champs-Elysées:The Countdown (2005), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), and Slaves of New York (1989).
For tickets go to: http://www.acmi.net.au/marc_jacobs_on_film.aspx
Check out Bryanboy’s blog: http://www.bryanboy.com/
Nice article! How cool is that bag?
you are a genius! im going to try to go watch one of the movies this week if i have time. they sound great xoxoxoxox
keep up the good work
Florencia, this review is great! I loved the beginning of article where you wrote, “He continues to bring grunge to the catwalk – making the ugly trendy, and the trendy ugly”- because it is only Marc Jacobs that can.
I cannot get over those ultimate Louis Vitton bags! $35,000 now that’s absolutely insane!! But they look incredibly detailed to perfection.
I have to find the time to go see this doco! Well done Fashion Gal. Keep up the amazing work.
Love,
LM