The Judges Awards

08.5 Marc Jacobs
by Marc Jacobs, A/W 09

Jacobs was looking back with nostalgia at his years of nightclubbing in New York in the 1980s, when the streets were mean, the energy explosive, and invention was lauded above loot. Think of a grey cashmere sweater dress with zip-off sleeves, worn with rococo-print hosiery and a matching silk scarf; consider draped and flounced cocktail dresses with 3D origami shoulders, lampshade skirts in metallic fabrics, and screaming fluoro-pink winter coats; and imagine a demure, uptown cape coat in cornflower blue, trimmed in black, slipping over a glittering, sapphire slim skirt. Separate out this cacophony, and you will find pieces that play either cool or knock-out glamorous – and, under Jacobs’ scrutiny, become exciting and ‘right’.

Creative director: Marc Jacobs
Brand founded: 1994
Based: New York
Key features: Bold colour and metallics; draped and flounced cocktail dresses; lampshade skirts; cape coats

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