248 posts tagged "Marc Jacobs"
Limitless Luxury, 24/7
Have you ever urgently needed a Lanvin frock at 2 a.m.? What about a pair of Nicholas Kirkwood pumps. No? Even so, we bet guests at The Mark hotel will find a host of reasons for late-night sartorial demands. Starting tomorrow, The Mark—the five-star Upper East Side lodging establishment favored by Carine Roitfeld, Russell Crowe, and Marc Jacobs, who decamped to the hotel during Sandy—will launch a partnership with Bergdorf Goodman. The union will solve any and all designer emergencies, providing guests with twenty-four-hour access to Bergdorf’s personal shoppers and, in some cases, after-hours admission to the store itself. “We make the impossible possible,” the hotel’s chief concierge, Isabelle Hogan, told Style.com. Hard-to-get items will also be readily available—for instance, if, say, a new Céline bag hits shelves in the morning, The Mark will give Todd Okerstrom—Bergdorf’s head of personal shopping—a call, and you can have it sitting on your bed by lunchtime. Delivery is, of course, complimentary.
The Mark hotel is located at 25 East 77th Street, New York, NY 10075.
Shop the Look: Kid ’n’ Play
We all need a little levity in our lives. Luckily, this season designers had a flair for the flamboyant. From Delfina Delettrez’s rainbow rubber jewels to Olympia Le-Tan’s witty ode to all things pop, Spring’s must-have accessories are whimsical and, at times, a bit wacky. With equal measures eccentricity and elegance, let these expressive extras do the talking. Shop our playful picks from Yazbukey, Marc Jacobs, and more, below.
1. Olympia Le-Tan sac, $1,274, available at www.colette.fr
2. Christian Louboutin bag, $2,195, available at www.net-a-porter.com
3. Yazbukey mirror, $135, available at www.kirnazabete.com
4. Delfina Delettrez cuff, $924, available at www.matchesfashion.com
5. Marc Jacobs pumps, $694, available at www.colette.fr
Miguel Adrover Sounds Off
“It was important for me to really open up,” said conceptual fashion designer Miguel Adrover at yesterday’s screening of Call It a Balance in the Unbalance—a documentary about the uncompromising talent’s meteoric rise and fall. The film—which made its U.S. premiere at the Pratt Institute last night—follows the career of the Majorcan-born talent, highlighting his now-legendary Lower East Side debut in 1999 and the conception of the many memorable pieces that followed (his infamous Burberry trench-turned-dress, a town coat hand-stitched from materials drawn from Quentin Crisp’s discarded mattress, and a pair of drooped trousers made from Adrover’s grandfather’s wardrobe all make cameos). “When you see a documentary of Marc Jacobs or Valentino [you never see them] wash their clothes,” Adrover told Style.com. “You saw my house. You saw my mom, my dad, my bathroom…you saw me pulling the clothes out of the washing machine,” he added.
The film details Adrover’s post-9/11 commercial descent and subsequent return to Majorca, and the designer’s friends and supporters, like Suzy Menkes and stylist Eric Daman, spoke candidly in on-screen interviews about his uncensored vision. Not surprisingly, so did Adrover. “I don’t give a shit about [money]; I don’t believe in Chanel; I don’t believe in Karl Lagerfeld; I don’t believe in Yves Saint Laurent; but I do believe you can change society,” he professed during a Q&A.
The screening comes on the heels of Adrover’s departure from organic German label Hessnatur after eight years as its creative director. What’s next for the outspoken rebel? “I have three shows already prepared,” said Adrover, whose designs will be featured in the Met’s upcoming Punk: Chaos to Couture exhibition. “Anytime. You give me the money, I will make it happen. I don’t need a big stadium or a lot of lighting or things. I can do it right here.”
Louis Vuitton in 3-D
The fact that Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton have designed costumes for upcoming Tokyo opera The End isn’t terribly surprising—that is, until you learn that the opera’s lead, Japanese pop idol Hatsune Miku, isn’t a person but a 3-D “Vocaloid” projection with a computer-generated voice. Despite the fact that she’s, well, not real, Miku’s songs top the charts in Japan, and her concerts, where she appears as a hologram and interacts with fans, sell out entire stadiums. Basically, the teal-pigtailed superstar is a new-wave icon, and her operatic debut is expected to sell out in a flash. Opening in Tokyo this May, the show sees Miku trade her signature black schoolgirl uniform for some custom checkerboard designs from Vuitton’s Spring ’13 collection. A total of four looks were created for the opera, whose whole cast will consist of Vocaloids. The End will also be beamed in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet on November 13 and 15. Louis Vuitton’s sketches for the animated singer debut above.
Kristen McMenamy Through The Years
As the self-proclaimed “first weird-looking model,” Kristen McMenamy has broken just about every rule there is during her thirty years (and counting) in fashion, which exactly is why we chose to profile her in the new issue of Style.com/Print. Throughout her career, the irreverent icon became renowned for her androgynous appeal, eccentric personality, madwoman-on-a-mission runway walk, and willingness to sacrifice life and limb in pursuit of the elusive perfect picture.
McMenamy was a fixture in the glossies during her nineties heyday (back then, her cropped hair, shaved eyebrows, unconventional features, and sinewy frame made her an ideal poster girl for the grunge movement); she has shot with the likes of Steven Meisel, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Juergen Teller, and Nick Knight, who took the pared-down portraits of her that run in Style.com/Print. Along the way, she has cultivated a support system of designers. “If fashion is her family, then Donatella Versace is her big sister,” writes Jo-Ann Furniss in her profile. That makes Karl Lagerfeld McMenamy’s proverbial father. Lagerfeld did, after all, walk her down the aisle at her ’99 wedding to photographer Miles Aldridge, in addition to casting her in a multitude of campaigns and runway shows.
See them all in our slideshow roundup of McMenamy’s career highlights >