Marc Jacobs Bags History

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Marc Jacobs was born in New York City on April 9, 1963. After graduating from the High School of Art and Design in 1981 he entered Parson’s School of Design. As a design student at Parson’s, Jacobs was the recipient of some of the schools highest honors. He was awarded the Perry Ellis Gold Thimble Award, the Chester Weinberg Gold Thimble Award, and the Design Student of the Year Award all in 1984. While still at Parson’s Jacobs also designed and sold his first collection of hand-knitsweaters. The collection was designed for Ruben Thomas, Inc., which is still in tact today. In 1986, backed by Kashiyama USA, Inc., Jacobs designed his first collection bearing the Marc Jacobs label. The following year, Jacobs received the distinct honor of being the youngest designer ever to be awarded the fashion industry’s highest tribute: The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CDFA) Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent. In 1989 Jacobs and Duffy joined Perry Ellis. Duffy was named President and Jacobs was named Vice-President of Women’s Design. While at Perry Ellis, Jacobs oversaw the design of various women’s licensees as well as creting the designer collection. In 1992, the CFDA once again bestowed Jacobs with a distinct honor: the Women’s Designer of the Year Award. In the fall of 1993, Jacobs Duffy Designs Inc. launched their own licensing and design company: Marc Jacobs International Company, LP.

Jacobs is the American fashion designer, currently Creative Director of the prestigious French design house Louis Vuitton since 1997, who is also head designer for the Marc Jacobs line and the diffusion line, Marc by Marc Jacobs. The company has expanded to more than sixty stores worldwide and currently produces six fragrances, two collections of sunglasses and watches.

Marc Jacobs at Harvey Nichols

Our UK Wholesale online shop offers a number of items from the full Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs collections. These include:

• Accessories – leather purses, wallets and business card holders

• Beauty – fragrances and Eau de Toilettes

• Handbags – clutches, hobos, shoulder bags, top handle bags and totes

The ready to wear lines are available at Harvey Nichols UK stores.

His interest in fashion was fuelled as a teenager whilst working at Charivari, a clothing boutique in New York City. After graduating from the High School of Art and Design in 1981 he entered Parson’s School of Design, where he excelled and eventually received an award for Design Student of the Year. Jacob’s early career involved hand-knitted sweaters and a grunge collection. This early work led to his first designs under the Marc Jacobs label in 1986, for which he won the prestigious Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent.

Jacobs introduced the secondary line, Marc by Marc Jacobs, with a Spring 2001 runway show. He has gone on to win seven CFDA awards including Womenswear Designer of the Year, Accessories Designer of the Year and Menswear designer of the year.

We’ve all heard about Marc Jacob’s new “boyfriend” Austin A. He’s a 22-year-old aspiring model from small town America. Suddenly, he’s whisked away on a private jet for a high-profile vacation in Los Angeles with everybody’s favorite 45-year-old *** designer. He sounds like your typical twinky gold digger, huh? Well – maybe not.

I recently had a very candid conversation with Austin A, the guy being tagged as Marc Jacob’s new “boy toy.” Much to my surprise, I discovered what seems to be an everyday *** just looking for fun and life-long happiness.