Posts with tag MarcJacobs

Oh, Suzy Menkes. How we love you and your kitsch-y wardrobe and witty style reporting!

Remember last summer when Marc Jacobs launched his lovely fruity/floral fragrance called Daisy? It's came with a wildly popular promotional campaign that was equipped with a secret code and all that shiz, which lead to every able-bodied fashion fiend across America hitting up every source they had to get their hand on the keys.

Well, the American rock star is trying to duplicate that same madness across the pond with the re-launch of his Daisy perfume in London.

From now until October 19th, black taxi cabs will be adorned with images of Marc Jacobs new fragrance and their interiors will be covered in faux daisies. Cab drivers will also give away daisy lollipops. And now you know.

[via Black Book]

Ruffles are a huge fall trend - they're feminine and flirty but can be cloyingly sweet if not handled deftly, which is why we love the bold zipper cutting across the bodice of this Marc Jacobs dress.

We love Marc Jacobs (isn't it obvious?), and we love colorful flats, so we're sure you're shocked that we're highlighting this pair of mary janes - but can you blame us? The contrasting elastic strap is such a modern and comfortable take on the classic style and the candy apple red patent leather looks good enough to eat.

Mmmm...candy apples....

$200 at saksfifthavenue.com

Marc Jacobs likes to surprise people. You could say it's his thing -- just think of Victoria Beckham in a paper bag. Those ads were totally strange, incomprehensible to the average woman, yet more talked about than any other ad campaign that came out at the same time. So while some people might be surprised by Marc's choice to use the girls from t.A.T.u. as the next faces of his brand, the fact that Marc is trying to shock, is no shocker.

While the most of us have been glued to the TV for the last couple of weeks watching some the world's best athletes compete at the Beijing Olympics, there's another group of people competing in a very fierce retail competition stateside.

In honor of the summer Olympics, Opening Ceremony released a limited-edition run of metallic gold and silver Air Max 1 and the Nike LunaRacer. They also threw a really big party, too, and even had jewelry designer Philip Crangi host a ping pong match in their store.

Luckily, the good people at Style.com went and documented all of the madness for those who are more into Micheal Phelps instead of Marc Jacobs right now. In this clip, watch as a slew of guests breakdown their funky outfits, amongst other things.

Oh, Marc. What would we do without your cryptic ad campaigns and over-the-top runway productions?

Being the Marc Jacobs fiends that we are, we're constantly checking out his brand's website for images of the season's new handbags, footwear, and all of that covetable ready-to-wear that makes us swoon every time we check out the complete looks over at Style.com.

And a couple of weeks ago, our boy put up a very peculiar looking home screen to keep us perusing his fabulous site a little bit longer. As Fashion Week Daily points out, Marc has just put a video of perfectly coiffured drag queens doing some epic lip-syncing routine that would put all of B. Spears' MTV performances to shame. Don't believe us? Check it out for yourselves here.

Band-Aids have been showing up as fashion statements for years. Nelly sported the seemingly pointless face bandage back in 2002, and Bai Ling has been showing up with decorative bandages on her legs for all kinds of red carpet events.

Finally, the long awaited Marc Jacobs "Emprise" collection of watches for Louis Vuitton is available.

And what a long wait it was! Jacobs began working on the concept in 1997 but went back dozens of time to perfect the watches. It took the designer over ten years to get the final look to anxious LV customers. The faultless collection is done in black, white and gold and [some are] encrusted with diamonds so that wearers can incorporate it into their life as a timeless, heirloom piece.

Want a sneak peek? The "Emprise" collection was worn by models during the recent Louis Vuitton ready to wear runway show for Fall 2008.

Or, then again, maybe not. After the NY Post reported that superstar designer Marc Jacobs exchanged vows Sunday with his lover Lorenzo Martone in a "civil solidarity pact," we see that celebrity gossip head Perez Hilton is saying it's not true. We don't really know what to believe at this point, except that we somehow tend to believe a gossip blogger over a printed publication. That's kinda newsworthy.

Although Marc and his boyfriend/husband are reportedly "very happy" together, it seems that Marc's way too busy planning for New York Fashion Week in September to set the record straight. Running his own line and acting as creative director for LV have apparently got him too tied up for a honeymoon.

If he did tie the knot, wouldn't he probably have made it known already? Unlike the weddings going on in California, France's civil solidarity pacts are not legally binding -- so maybe they're holding out for a stateside ceremony.

[via Jezebel]

Designers are whipping up back-to-back collections as if they only take a couple of days, hours, or minutes to put together. Not even a week after the resort shows came to an end, the haute couture parades are in full-force right and every celebrity with even just a little bit of fashion cred is in Paris right now taking in all of the fabulous looks at fashion houses like Chanel and Givenchy.

Suffice it to say, those keeping up with all of the action via Style.com are probably experiencing a major case of whiplash right now trying to keep up with everything.

Kirsten Owen and Stella Tennant.

That's right.

Marc Jacobs has hopped onto the Supermodel Express and nabbed the proud mothers and former grunge icons for his Fall '08 ad campaign -- both of whom didn't take one turn on the runways last season.

As if anyone could forget, Victoria Beckham took the honors of fronting Marc's campaign for spring -- most notably dangling her super-tanned legs over a MJ shopping bag.

Suffice it to say, Stella and Kirsten have a lot to live up to. But we have faith in them -- especially since they get to play with fuzzy headbands and pastel coats that would make any Sesame Street character green with envy.