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News & Analysis

Marc Jacobs Hires New Designer for Lower-Priced Product Push

LVMH has tapped Baja East's John Targon to lead the company's contemporary team. What does this mean for Marc Jacobs — the brand and the man?


News & Analysis

Meet the Unsung Heroes of the World’s Biggest Fashion Houses

Fashion has long perpetuated a single creator myth, but behind every great designer is a team of designers, some of them powerhouses in their own right.


Fashion Week

Marc Jacobs' Adult Toyland

The extraordinary dissonance between the context and the clothes was unsettling, and felt like the dictionary-definition of 'realness'.


News & Analysis

Will Marc Jacobs Step Back From His Namesake Brand?

As incoming chief executive Eric Marechalle takes control of the troubled LVMH-owned brand, it's unclear how involved Mr Marc Jacobs will be in the company's turnaround strategy.


Retail

Retailers Brace for New York Real Estate Apocalypse

In Manhattan’s prime retail districts, tourist traffic is down, rents are high, Trump is looming large and overstoring is about as bad as it is in Middle America. Something has got to give.


Luxury

What’s Going on At Marc Jacobs?

Three and a half years since Marc Jacobs stepped down from Louis Vuitton to focus on his namesake label, the brand is facing big challenges. Where will it go from here?


Fashion Week

At Marc Jacobs, Respect on the Streets

It was a genuine fashion moment, part celebration, part elegy. Marc Jacobs stands alone in New York in providing that depth of frisson.


News & Analysis

Is Brand Consolidation Working?

Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana and others have cleaned up their brand architecture, unifying multiple sub-labels under a single name — with uncertain results.


Sustainability

Social Goods | Zara's Eco-Friendly Line, Marc Jacobs Dreadlocks, Sports Direct Investigation

This week, Zara launches its first environmentally-friendly fashion line, while Marc Jacobs responds to accusations of cultural appropriation.


Fashion Week

Pure, Vital Fashion at Marc Jacobs

One thing that is enduringly wonderful about Marc Jacobs is the way he spins his own youthful obsessions into such convincing, contemporary fashion fantasias.