Marc Jacobs loves the ’80’s — at least this season he does. His Fall collection saw the designer in an ’80’s art house sort of mood, pairing dresses and skirts with black tights, berets and sunglasses. Marc played with form in bell shaped skirts and dresses with stiffened collars. I found myself drawn to his houndstooth dresses and to a black leather minidress with a wide, standup collar.
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Better to be cameltoe than have it. For his Arabian Nights themed holiday party, Marc Jacobs showed up dressed as the “anti-cameltoe”. We love le Marc, but this still doesn’t trump Roberto Cavalli dressed as Kaiser Karl for Halloween.
Welcome to Air Marc — where you’re flying the fashion friendly skies. Marc by Marc Jacobs went retro and took us back to when flight attendants were “stewardesses” and you could get more than a plastic spork on a plane.
He sent out structured pieces like belted shift dresses, career-girl pantsuits, and an amazing pair of cream colored sailor pants. Colors were bold with a palette that leaned toward olive green, red, golden yellow, and color blocked prints. My favorite look overall was a surprisingly ladylike polka-dot print dress paired with a Kentucky Derby hat and cinched with a Lego belt.
Marc certainly hasn’t lost his sense of humor and lets it shine through in this unstudied collection.
Jaunty airline hats? Perfection!
Belts and accessories made from Lego’s? Cute!
Despite my lackluster response to Marc Jacobs Spring 2008 show, I really am a MJ fangurl, so seeing him come correct with the totally wearable styles in the Marc line makes me ecstatic.
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First of all, doesn’t Marc Jacobs look amazing? Sobriety and healthy living seem to agree with him.
Now on to the show…it started late (natch) by 2 hours (ugh) and ran backwards with Marc taking his final bow first, followed by the model lineup, and then the individual model walks. Mmm’kay.
So will I be struck down by the fashion gods if I admit that I’m not really loving this collection? There are certainly some interesting pieces you can take away and mix with things you probably already have in your closet, but overall, I found it really hard to define a “look”. The most wearable thing he sent down the runway was a ruby-red sequined shift. But unlike previous years, there was never a moment where I said to myself, “I want to wear that and that, and I have to have THAT!”
Call me short-sighted, but I can’t how most of these are going to translate into everyday “cool girl on the street” clothes and I can’t help but think that Marc Jacobs has left a legion of his It girls supremely disappointed.
Le sigh.
Ah well, there’s always Marc to look forward to.
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