The former creative director of French luxury design house;
Louis Vuitton and current head designer of Marc Jacobs turned 51 today April 9th
2014. Marc who successfully held down the fort at Louis Vuitton from 1997 to
2013 was born April 9, 1963 appeared on Time magazine’s 100 most influential
people in 2010. He was also ranked number 14 on OUT magazine’s 2012 list of “50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in
American”.
Born in New York to a non observant Jewish family, Jacobs
lost his father, an agent at the William Morris Agency, when he was seven years
ago. He spent most of his teenage years living with his grandmother on the Upper
East Side in central park west.
Marc studied at the renowned Parsons School of Design in
New York and while he was there, he received numerous awards including the Perry
Ellis Gold Thimble Award, Chester Weinberg Gold Thimble Award and The Design
Student of The Year Award. In 1991, he
was given an award by the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America.
In 1986, Marc designed his first collection bearing the
marc Jacobs label backed by Onward Kashiyama USA, Inc. in 1997, Marc was
appointed creative director of Louis Vuitton where he created the company’s first
ready to wear clothing line.
In 2001, Marc introduced his secondary line, Marc by Marc
Jacobs and by 2005, the retail value of the line was estimated at a whopping 50
million Euros.
In 2011, rumors were swirling around that he would succeed John
Galliano disgraced creative designer of Christian Dior but that was not to be,
Marc squashed those rumors in an interview with the Daily Telegraph. In February 2013, Marc was named the new creative director for Diet Coke. He spent one year in the position as he was slated to give the brand a “stylish and light-hearted” make over.
Marc was in a relationship with his 25 year old boyfriend,
Chocolatier Harry Louis, which began in 2011. The couple announced their split
quite dramatically via social media in October of 2013 but maintains that they still
remain friends and love and support each other dearly.
Marc who is now
focusing on his own line and is presently one of the richest fashion designers
in the world estimated to be worth around $100 million.
Happy birthday Marc!
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