>Marc Jacobs
Fashion Designer
Marc Jacobs is one of America's most contemporary fashion designers. Jacobs started selling hand-knitted sweaters while still a student at New York's Parsons School of Design. After graduation he quickly established the Marc Jacobs label and soon won the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent in 1987. During his time working for Perry Ellis later in the early nineties, Jacobs brought the 'grunge' look into vogue, a move that caused controversy in the industry for its 'anti-fashion' sentiment. His own label, Marc Jacobs, was launched in 1986 and was followed in 2000 by a diffusion line, Marc by Marc Jacobs. Since 1997 Jacobs has also been Creative Director at Louis Vuitton, a position that yielded a famous collaboration with Stephen Sprouse with their subsequent release of the highly-coveted graffiti bags of the early noughties. Jacobs continues to resist mainstream trends and is known for his irreverent approach to reinterpreting 'vintage' looks. His fashion shows consistently draw high profile audiences with luminaries from the worlds of film, music and fashion often in attendance.