Marc Jacobs

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Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. By the age of 15, he went to the High School of Art and Design during the day and, after school, working at the upscale garments store Charivari. The work assisted Jacobs with handling a spot at the coveted Parsons School for Design, where he stood apart among his colleagues by winning both the Perry Ellis Gold Thimble Award and Design Student of the Year at graduation in 1984.[1] While still at Parsons, he planned and sold his first line of hand-sew sweaters. He additionally planned his first assortment for Reuben Thomas, Inc., under the Sketchbook label. With Robert Duffy, Jacobs' creative collaborator, and colleague since the mid-1980s, he framed Jacobs Duffy Designs.[2]

In 1984, supported by Onward Kashiyama USA, Inc., Jacobs planned his first  collection bearing the Marc Jacobs label. In 1987, he was the most youthful designer to have been granted the fashion industry's most noteworthy recognition, the Council of Fashion Designers of America's Perry Ellis Award for "New Fashion Talent". In the fall of 1993, Jacobs Duffy Designs Inc. dispatched their own plicensing and design company: Marc Jacobs International Company, L.P.[3] His secondary line, Marc by Marc Jacobs, was introduced by Jabos on a spring 2001 runway show.

Controversy

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In September 2016, Marc Jacobs got an immense reaction after his Spring Summer 2017 Collection runway show. He was called out for racial insensitivity and allotment of Black beauty and culture.[4] This happened in light of the fact that cast of generally white models―including Kendall Jenner, Gigi and Bella Hadid, and Adriana Lima―styled with bright artificial dreadlocks. The motivation behind the magnificence look hairstylist Guido Palau made for Jacobs was, he clarified, "ravers, acid house, travelers, Boy George, [the singer] Marilyn in the '80s, Harajuku girls"— with no notice of the hair's social roots.

Marc Jacobs reacted on his own Instagram account, apologized for the absence of affectability unintentionally expressed by his curtness.[5]

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