Marc Jacobs
July 24, 2009
Two words, Marc Jacobs. Marc is a designer that has some type or edge and energy that a designer sometimes lacks. In the fashion industry a designer is criticized by its collection at fashion week. Marc created a collection for the Fall-Winter of 2009/2010, that you can definitely say”edgy”. He clean cut these silhouettes walking down the runway with hip and urban patterns. He as a designer has made a change to what we identify as fashion. Jacobs, is a true fashion designer.
The thing I love about Marc Jacobs, is that he creates pieces of clothing that women want to wear. Any piece of clothing that you buy form Jacobs, can be paired or added to any outfit whether its a jacket,skirt,handbag,etc. Jacobs gives credit to his grandmother for his passion for designing garments for women/men. Born as a NYC citizen in 1963, he called his grandmother”the biggest influence in his life”, and plus way to go grandma for teaching Jacobs to knit. Knitting? you really have to have the patience for it.. I’m just saying. Jacobs had a start as being a stock boy at the age of 15 in NYC trendy in boutique Charivari when he was introduced to Perry Ellis.
A huge part of one’s life, is their education…well for Jacobs that was easy because he was in the city where it had it all … NYC.While his time at Parson’s Marc Jacob’s designed his first finished collection of hand-knit sweaters that were sold and commissioned by Barbara Weiser under the label” Marc Jacobs for Marc Jacobs and Barbara.” 
Around the time Jacobs aligned his business with Robert Duffy, his business partner. In 1986,the first clothing line that was under Marc Jacobs was finally released,and it was such a huge success that in 1987 this brought Marc so much honor, by accepting the Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent. Throughout Jacob’s career he has been been apart a lot of the fashion industry, and he still is. He is growing so much as a designer, that he is a very successful man with an eye for fashion. At age 46, he is moving on to be a top designer in my
