My Sunday afternoon was spent in a state of awe and admiration. DenyseG suggested I watch a documentary called Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton directed by Loic Prigent, a French filmmaker. This is the fashionistas version of a triple X rated porno flick. My feelings towards Marc Jacobs and what he does and how he does it became primitive and unnatural.
Brief Synopsis taken from Netflix.com
Go behind the scenes of the fashion world with this portrait of top designer Marc Jacobs. Filmmaker Loïc Prigent follows Jacobs from Paris to New York as he balances promoting his own label with the business of running Louis Vuitton. The result is an unprecedented look at Jacob's style and what makes him such a hot commodity. Victoria Beckham, Uma Thurman, Demi Moore, Sofia Coppola and other fashion-forward celebrities make appearances.
I don’t want to give up too many juicy tidbits about this documentary so I will give you my highlights. This is a definite must rent!
1. Marc owns very little besides his artwork and personal items. He does not own his apartment or a car.
2. He spends his time split between Paris and NY working on his own line and being creative director of Louis Vuitton. He initiated their ready to wear line
3. Marc gets his ideas for the hottest of the hot stuff from his favorite artists (Murakami).
4. He gets his inspiration from pictures posted all over his studio of old artwork, newspaper clippings, photos that we usually laugh at from the internet etc.
5. His NY fashion show is THE most important show ever. Everyone is there. No really everyone except me of course.
6. Anna Wintour said, when invited to view Marc’s new line, “Thank you for having me”. If you know anything about Anna Wintour aka Miranda Priestly of The Devil Wears Prada you would know that is something she just doesn’t say to anyone not even the Dalai Lama.
7. How can your “baby daddy” own Louis Vuitton? You go Salma Hayek!
I strongly suggest renting this documentary. I'm even more insistant that you OWN IT. It gave me the same feeling as The Devil Wears Prada and Sex and the City did, it was just handbag overload. If Miranda Priestly would have thrown one of those purses on my desk that would have been my last day of work :) Anyway, check it out and let me know your thoughts.
*heading over to Bluefly*
BagLady
3 comments:
The man is a fashion ICON, he is our generations YSL. I just need to meet him and tell him how much I love him and maybe hold him hostage until he agrees to name one of the bags in his fall collection after me and he can profess his love for me and then agree to make a couple of babies with me, THEN maybe my life will be complete.
I will have to rent this and report back later. Sounds interesting.
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