Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs
Jacobs at the 2017 SXSW
Born (1963-04-09) April 9, 1963 (age 61)
New York City, U.S.
EducationHigh School of Art and Design
Parsons The New School for Design
Labels
Spouse
Charly Defrancesco
(m. 2019)
AwardsKnight of the Order of Arts and Letters (France)

Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was discontinued after the 2015 fall/winter collection.[1] At its peak, it had over 200 retail stores in 80 countries.[2] He was the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton from 1997 to 2014. Jacobs was on Time magazine's "2010 Time 100" list of the 100 most influential people in the world,[3] and was #14 on Out magazine's 2012 list of "50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America".[4] He married his longtime partner Charly Defrancesco on April 6, 2019.[5]

  1. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions | Marc Jacobs". www.marcjacobs.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Marc Jacobs". Glamour. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  3. ^ "The 2010 Time 100". Time. April 29, 2010. Archived from the original on May 2, 2010.
  4. ^ "The Power List". Out. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  5. ^ "Marc Jacobs Marries Longtime Boyfriend Charly Defrancesco". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 23, 2020.