Posts tagged Marc Jacobs
Six of the best: tracksuit bottoms
Feb 11th
The casual-wear staple has been given a glamorous twist and elevated to must-have status this spring.
Once mocked for its chav associations, bottom-of-the-style-barometer tracksuit bottoms have been elevated to must-have status this spring.
Isabel Marant, the Parisian queen of dress-down cool, first paraded luxe, silk versions, worn with slouchy boots and trench coats, in her smash spring 2009 collection – and other designers have been swift to follow this season.
Jersey Shore Cast Not Welcome at Fashion Week
Feb 10th
Normally, designers and celebrities go together like champagne and bubbles. Famous faces in the front row of the collections mean more publicity which hopefully translates into more sales in the stores.
But America’s current fascination with the self-described “Guido” cast of the MTV hit “Jersey Shore” is causing some consternation ahead of New York Fashion Week.
The trouble-magnet known as Snooki has, through an intermediary, let it be known that she is available to be a celebrity guest at the shows, which is wrinkling noses on faces normally too Botoxed to move.
Marc Jacobs Sues Christian Audigier
Feb 10th
Marc Jacobs is suing Christian Audigier for trade-dress and trademark infringement over a handbag that’s suspiciously similar to one he designed. Jacobs’s trademark of the scrambled Marc Jacobs logo is pending, but the label says the bag’s “size, shape, color or color combinations, product design, texture, and selection and arrangement of materials and accessories” make up its trade dress, or identify the bag to consumers as a Marc Jacobs item.
Lorenzo Martone Reportedly Working on Swimwear Collection
Feb 7th
Not too long ago, Marc Jacobs and his Brazilian boyfriend Lorenzo Martone spent what seemed like weeks posing for each other in itty-bitty swim shorts on the beaches of St. Barts.
Now it seems that Martone may have just been doing field work on an upcoming project: a swimwear line with designer Jules Kim. NYMag reports that Martone’s role in the project is unclear; it seems likely he’ll be handling the marketing of the project, given that he just launched a boutique PR company.