Yesterday, the Marc Jacobs show closed New York Fashion Week in silence. Mr. Jacobs brought in the youth culture trend that presented a high opulent yet a back to basics collection.
The new fall’17 collection was full of dressed-up sportswear, inspired by “Hip-Hop Evolution” a documentary about a time period when everything changed. As the designer stated in the fashion show note entitled Respect:
“As a born and bred New Yorker, it was during my time at the High School of Art and Design when I began to see and feel the influence of hip-hop on other music as well as art and style.”
The collection debuted on very long runway staged in Park Avenue Armory, with no intricate set, photography was not permitted and no music. The models cascaded alongside the audience who sat in two single rows that led them straight out the door onto the street, where photographers were waiting patiently. Once outside, the models walked the sidewalk and then sat in folding chairs waiting while playing with their Marc Jacobs covered cell phones, until Mr. Jacobs himself came out for the finale.
Marc Jacobs fall collection rewrote the rules for this coming up season, bringing real casual clothes to runway. There were plenty of plaid coats and some with shearling accents and thick bell-bottom tracksuits, baggy jeans and platform boots. Bucket hats and backward baseball caps by Stephen Jones all of which nodded to the culture of street wear. Of course, there was fur, both real and faux with patterned knits. The only pop of color was from the glitzy jewelry designed by Urs Fischer; from large hoops earrings to pendant chains, the color gold was the main head turner.
One can’t ignore the chic-clad attendees who saved a seat front row, and the Marc Jacobs show would only make perfect sense to gather icons like Katy Perry, Terry Richardson, Mandy Moore, Amanda Peet, Lil Kim, and Lottie Moss.
After the last look went down the runway, Jacobs came out for the finale dressed all black with gold chain around his neck. As the designer passed by the models, the girls focused their phones on Jacobs while snapping pictures. The show ended with dramatic orchestra music by Steve Mackey playing, where all the A-listers and editors streamed out the venue to take instagram worthy photos of the looks and the last show of New York Fashion Week.
