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Military mixed with American Classics. Fresssshhh.

Fall 2011 Mens wear Work Wear

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BIOGRAPHY
Marc Jacobs was born in New York City on April 9, 1963. After graduating from the High School of Art and Design in 1981 he entered Parsons School of Design. While at Parsons, Jacobs designed his first collection of hand-knit sweaters commissioned and sold by Barbara Weiser under the label ÔMarc Jacobs for Marc and Barbara’ for the Weiser family’s well-known stores, Charivari,

As a design student at Parsons, Jacobs was the recipient of some of the school’s highest honors: The Perry Ellis Gold Thimble, The Chester Weinberg Gold Thimble and Design Student of the Year. On the spring evening in 1984 that Jacobs showed his senior collection and was presented with these awards, Robert Duffy, an executive with Ruben Thomas, Inc was in the audience. After seeing Jacob’s collection he called the next day to inquire about having him develop a ready-to-wear collection for Ruben Thomas, Inc. under the sketchbook label.

This conversation marked the beginning of what became a partnership, called Jacobs Duffy Designs, Inc. The partnership was based on two very simple concepts: a love for fashion and a commitment to quality. The partnership and concepts it was based on remain the cornerstones of the company today.

In 1986, backed by Kashiyama USA, Inc Jacobs designed his first collection bearing the Marc Jacobs label. The following year, Jacobs received the distinct honor of being the youngest designer ever to be awarded the fashion industry’s highest tribute when he was awarded the Council of Fashion Designers of America [CFDA] Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent.

In 1989 Jacobs and Duffy joined Perry Ellis and were named Vice-President of women’s design and president respectively. While at Perry Ellis, Jacobs created designer collection as well as overseeing the various women’s licensees. In 1992, the CFDA once again bestowed Jacobs with a distinct honor: Womenswear Designer of the Year.

In the Fall of 1993, Jacobs Duffy Designs, Inc. launched their licensing and design company: Marc Jacobs International Company, LP, and in 1994, the company signed its first licensing agreement with renown Look, Inc and Mitsubishi Corporation for distribution of the Marc Jacobs designer collection in Japan.

Soon after, Iris S.R.L. signed on as the licensee for the men and women’s shoe collections. The factory, located in Venice Italy, continues to produce all Marc Jacobs collection shoes.

1995 marked the first collection of men’s ready-to-wear. The collection was based on pieces that Jacobs and Duffy wanted to have in their own wardrobes.

1997 proved to be a big year for the company, in January Jacobs and Duffy joined Louis Vuitton, Jacobs as artistic director and Duffy as studio director. In his position as artistic director, Jacobs works on many of the French luxury house’s lines including handbags, men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, shoes and small leather goods.

Later that year the first Marc Jacobs store opened at 163 Mercer Street in New York’s Soho district and Jacobs was recognized by the CFDA a third times as womenswear Designer of the Year.

The first Marc Jacobs advertising images, featuring Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth was shot by photographer Juergen Teller appeared in magazines in the Spring of 1998. This was the beginning of a collaboration that has gone on to feature a variety of artists, models, musicians, and actors. Jacobs and Teller have collaborated twice a year for both Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs Ad campaigns ever since.

At the VH1 Fashion Awards in the fall of 1998, Jacobs received the Women’s Designer of the Year Award, and in 1999 he was named Accessory Designer of the Year by the CFDA.

The company launched the first handbag collection in the fall of 200 and a second Marc Jacobs store was opened on San Francisco’s historic Maiden Lane in August 2000.

The first free standing men’s collection store opened on Bleecker Street in New York City in September 2000, making the beginning of what would become a street of shops.

December brought the signing if a licensed agreement with L.S.A S.P.A. An Italian company based outside of Milan, to produce men’s and women’s ties and scarves.

Jacobs and Duffy introduced the secondary line, Marc by Marc Jacobs, with a Spring/Summer 2001 Runway show. The Marc by Marc Jacobs menswear collection was first presented for the resort 2001 season. Both collections have continued to grow exponentially to include shoes, handbag and other signature accessories. A licensed agreement with Calza Turificio Rossimoda S.P.A. was signed in 2001 to produce all women and men’s Marc by Marc Jacobs’ shoes.

In September 2001 the company launched its first fragrance. The scent, called Marc Jacobs Perfume, was inspired by gardenias in water. The launch took place on the Pier 54 on the Hudson River and was staged as a benefit to a dozen downtown New York City charities.

In Spring 2002 the women’s fragrance ad campaign, featuring Sofia Coppola and shot by teller, was honored with the Fragrance Foundation’s Award for Best Advertising Campaign for a Women’s Fragrance. Spring 2002 events also included the opening of a new accessories store at 365 Bleecker Street.

June 2002 brought another CFDA Award, honoring Jacobs as Menswear Designer of the Year for the first time. Simultaneously the company opened a men’s showroom in Milan and signed a licensed agreement with Italian sportswear company, GIBO Co. S.P.A.

In Fall 2002, the company introduced a fig-based men’s fragrance. The fragrance was launched in conjunction with the spring 2003 fashion show. The event also served as a benefit for cancer care. Launching the yoga bag Jacobs and long-time friend model Christy Turlington designed together to benefit the organization.

Following the spring 2002 opening of a collection store in Osaka, the company debuted it first multi-brand store in Aoyama, Japan.

In June 2003 Jacobs was awarded his 6th CFDA Award: Accessories Designer of the Year.

Winter 2010 Collection

December 2003 brought the launch of the Marc Jacobs Home Collection. The collection began as a small line of home accessories designed to keep within the traditions of luxury and quality that the ready-to-wear collections had long embraced. The line includes crystal, sterling silver, cashmere pillows and other luxury accessories for the home and is sold exclusively at Marc Jacobs boutiques.

Multiple free standing stores and shopin-shops continue to pen domestically and across the Far East. Currently Marc Jacobs Collection and Marc by Marc Jacobs stores can be found in the seven locations in Hong Kong, four locations in Taiwan, Twenty-five locations in Japan including flagships in Osaka and Aoyamai and nine locations in Korea.

March 2004 marked the signing if a distribution agreement with Imaginex Holdings, LTD. (a division of the groups whose companies include Lane Crawford and The Joyce Boutiques) for the territory of Hong Kong and Mainland China. It was the beginning if a substantial partnership which included the opening on a flagship store in Shanghai in August 2004 as well as stores in Beijing and Chengou.

The company’s eyewear collection produced by Italian luxury eyewear partner, Safilo S.P.A. was first previewed with the fall 2004 collection. The full line of eyewear will be available in the Spring of 2005.

The first U.S. multi-brand store opened in July 2004 on Boston’s Newbury Street and was followed by the launch of the company’s third women’s fragrance at the Spring 2005 show. The fragrance is called Blush and was inspired by the scent of jasmine blooming. All fragrance is currently developed and produced with company’s fragrance partner, Lancaster Group US, LLC.

March 2005 marked the opening of two stores in Los Angeles: a collection store at 8400 Melrose Place and Marc by Marc Jacobs store located at 8410 Melrose Avenue. Later that month the company opened a collection store at the Bal Harbour Shops in Bal Harbour, Florida.

2005 will also bring the launch of the company’s first watch line with partner, Fossil and collection store in Paris.

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Bread & Butter

Straight out of Denmark, HUMöR will defiantly make you smile.

Sampling, silhouette and a confident, international style is what HUMöR clothing line boasts on their website.

With bold graphics and updated mens styles this brand has been gaining a lot of attention from fashion forward boutiques around the world.

This season is filled with hues of blue and in your face sweaters and hoodies.

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Ksubi claims that they have taken up to $7 million in losses for the year.

The Australian Tax Office has been the main opposition against a proposed agreement that would make Quicksilver’s founder Harry Hodge and Ksubi’s Distributor, Bleach, to pay $5 million for the business in parts until March 2013.

Mr Billingham stated there is “no doubt that the books and records of the company were insufficient, therefore the statutory assumption of insolvency will apply”.

He then goes on to say “he did not believe that the directors have any significant financial assets, which would make it commercially viable to pursue any insolvent trading claims,”

How old are you, and how long have you been designing for?
20 years old and I’ve been designing since I was in elementary school.
Who are your favorite designers if you were going to give your top 3
who would they be?
No really sure. I have some favorites but not worth sharing.
I must say I am a huge fan of your glasses, especially your wire mesh
glasses. What inspired you to make these styles that you create your
aesthetic that you are now infamous for?
No inspiration, I have very weird nightmares (or used to) and I would
dream of weird monsters wearing weird things I just tried to recreate
them.

What are your plans to grow as a designer in the near future?

I plan to take over more than the eyewear market, currently I am
working on a life brand!
What do you think about fashion in its current state, do you like
where things are right now or do you envision it growing in a better
direction?
I believe fashion is where it is suppose to be. It could be better but
let’s just say theirs people in the industry that are afraid to push.

I read that you are now working with manufactures for your glasses, as
before you were creating them by hand. How has that transition been
into manufacturing something you design rather than making them
yourself?
Actually I do still create most of the shades by hand but I do have a
factory overseas with workers I trained, to make the shades the same
way I do. And its pretty normal for small successful companies to go
from little business to over 500 sales a week obviously I couldn’t
make that many shades. I need help!!!

What celebrities that you know of have been seen wearing your pieces?
Theirs over 30 literally and I just added (Rapper the Diamond
Princess) Trina to my new line.
Stevie, what inspires you to create and be artistic?
I don’t really believe in the word inspire. It became copy in the
fashion world, I just make things I don’t have inspirations besides
for my dreams & looking at materials

Check out his stuff @ StevieBoi

“WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE, REMEMBER THE FEARLESS, REMEMBER THE DREAMERS, REMEMBER THOSE WHO REPRESENT THE GHETTO…THE FAIRY TALE OF NOTHING TO SOMETHING. I’M BRIEFLY SADDENED BY NEGATIVE COMMENTS, BUT I HAVE TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE ARE SCARED, INCAPABLE OR JUST PLAIN IDIOTS. WE ARE THE FUCKING ROCK STARS BABY. NO COCAINE, JUST LIFE MY NIGGAS!! NO COCAINE, JUST LIFE! IT’S FUNNY TO ME WHEN FASHION BLOGGERS DOWN OUR OUFITS AND THEN SUPER JOCK OUTLANDISH SHIT ON THE RUNWAY BUT THEN THEY DRESS MAD PRUDE AND DON’T LIVE FASHION. WE LIVE IT MAN. FUCK THAT, WE LIVE IT!!! WE LIVE IT SO HARD PEOPLE LIVE THROUGH US! WE REPRESENT YOUR INNER SPIRIT!! THE CHILD IN US ALL, THE BRUTAL HONESTY, THE NAIVETY, THE BRAVE WARRIOR, THE ADRENALINE THAT ALLOWS A MOTHER TO LIFT A CAR IF HER CHILD WAS TRAPPED UNDER IT! REMEMBER, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN EVERYBODY DISSED MICHAEL JACKSON EVERY CHANCE THEY COULD. IMAGINE THE PRESSURE OF BEING A TRUE ICON. VERY FEW HUMAN BEINGS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE CONSTANT HATE!!! IF WE DON’T DO WHAT YOU FEEL IS THE SHIT, YOU BEAT US UP VERBALLY AND MENTALLY, LIKE A CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER BEATING A CREATIVE STUDENT INTO SUBMISSION. I CAN HEAR YOU SCREAMING ‘COLOR INSIDE THE LINES!!!’ WELL FUCK YOUR COLORING BOOK, COLOR BY NUMBERS APPROACH TO LIFE. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHO ARE WE HURTING??? OH “THE NEW BLACK???” SINCE BARACK IS PRESIDENT BLACKS DON’T LIKE FUR COATS, RED LEATHER, AND FRIED CHICKEN ANY MORE?! WHEN YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND CULTURAL SETTINGS, BOUNDARIES, AND OUR MODERN DAY CASTE SYSTEMS, THEN YOU CAN FEEL THE GLORY AND PAIN FROM THE DAYS OF KINGS IN AFRICA TO THE NEW KINGS OF THE MEDIA. LET THE BALL PLAYERS DANCE AFTER THEY SCORE! IT’S LIFE MY NIGGAS, IT’S LIFE! REMEMBER CLOTHING IS A CHOICE. WE WERE BORN NAKED!!! FRESH IS AN OPINION, LOVE IS OBJECTIVE, TASTE IS SELECTIVE, AND EXPRESSION IS MY FAVORITE ELECTIVE. NO MORE POLITICS OR APOLOGIES!!!” -Kanye West

I couldn’t agree more. Fuck your coloring book

Here are some recent pics of Ye for your enjoyment.

kanye west & Karl

Wow I must say that it is very impressive that you opened your webstore at such a young age.
Haha thanks, I hear that a lot. It was all just really done through careful planning and executing that plan to a great extent.

Why don’t you tell us a little about yourselfWell I’m 17 years old, I’m just a typical high school kid, works hard in school, a brands manager and owner of a webstore, I play a few sports here and there. Just really enjoying myself and hanging out with friends.

Where did you grow up? How did that influence your taste in fashion
I grew up in Orlando, Florida, which is actually where I still live. Where I live didn’t really influence me too much in my fashion-sense, just really because everyone dressed the same and had the same type of style. But slowly I made friends with like skaters and sneaker heads and that always kind of influenced me, I always try to stay true to my skater roots. But mostly over the summers, my family and I would take long summer trips around the United States and we’d go to big cities and I also payed attention to how people dressed and how they looked. And that always influenced me a lot. At an early age I could always tell a lot about a person by what kind of shoes they wore.

What made you start your business, how did everything get started
I really started my business by just collecting shoes. I always had a large shoe collection and I slowly began to just buy shoes, put them ‘on ice’, then resell them either a couple months or years later for more. And after awhile I figured just opening a site and selling apparel would be easier. Mostly since I didn’t have to hold apparel for such long amounts of time before reselling them haha.

You have told me you are only 17, what advice do you have for other young entrepreneurs that want to start their own business or be in the fashion business
Just really keep up with what’s going on in the world. Pay attention to the blogs, websites, videos, photos, etc. and stay up to date to what’s going on. Also start making friends with positive people who can help with whatever you want to do in life and just plan ahead carefully.

What are your top 3 favorite designers or clothing lines

My top 3 designers would be to hard to even mention just because there are so many creative people that are coming out with amazing products. But an honorable mention would have to be Jeremy Scott, everything he’s doing with Adidas is just inspiring. But my top 3 clothing lines in no particular order would have to be: Ice Cream/Billionaire Boys Club, Award Tour, and Rockers NYC.

Do you like the current state that fashion is in right now or do you have visions of the fashion industry growing in different directions
As of now it just seems that a little bit of everything is in and I’m perfectly okay with what’s going on now. I mean right now I could wear some retro stuff, like an old 1960’s letterman jacket and some vintage T-shirts. Or some really new and clean stuff, like an all white pair of Nike Air Forces with a nice fitted hat and still not be looked at as dressing weird. But fashion tends to repeat itself so it’s not really safe to predict what’s going to be next.

I know you have a webstore, how has the internet in your eyes changed the world of fashion as we know it?
The internet has completely changed everything. Now you can see what’s going on in different places and you can see it all much more quickly. And blogs have just really influenced a lot of people on a national level and they’re starting to help influence what’s really in style. But nevertheless, I definitely think it’s helping everything that’s going on right now and not hurting it at all.

What are your plans personally and for your business in the future?
Personally, I’m hoping to pursue more in college and hope to learn more that can help the business. And as for the site, just really to expand slowly and just keep true to what people want and not get caught up in the hype, I just want to give people a place where they can get products from their favorite companies for a good price.

Thanks again for doing this interview with us! We wish you great success with everything that you are doing.

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