When you get to the Marc show, you suddenly feel like you don't know what to do. You have an invite, a seat (maybe), your camera and a purpose, yet, the sight of 4,000 or so people crammed into a stadium after a day of normal shows in normal 200-person spaces and packs of photogs stalking the front row / growling at each other could make even a pro a little nervous...
For the second season in a row, Marc Jacobs started his show promptly, just ten minutes after its scheduled start. When "Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The show is about to begin."
Through swinging mirror doors, the models walked the mirror-lined runway from every direction, funhouse illusions abounding. But show tactics aside, with Marc, it always comes down to the clothes — the bunched-up, layered, bangled clothes, sparkling, plaided, striped and sheened. Collapsed glittery top hats in pink and oranges and shoes that crossed gladiator-style with geisha sandal. As Gershwin played in the background, Marc took us in a whole new direction.
The looks were kind of complicated - lots of bunched up skirts, tons of stripes, obi-like waist wraps instead of belts, very shiny materials, collapsed glittery top hats in pinks and oranges, and shoes that were a cross between gladiators and geisha sandals. He blasted forward with a collection that was unerringly focused, dynamic, and jam-packed with great ideas.
HIGHLIGHTS
-Fashionistas Jennifer Lopez and Victoria Beckham -- sporting a newly short 'do -- sat together in the front row admiring the designs.
-Jay-Z and Kanye West hopped on the runway and made a beeline for backstage as soon as the show ended. West's ex-fiancee Alexis Phiffer followed close behind.
-Marc donned a man-skirt for his walk down the runway.
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