Marc Jacobs Final Show For Louis Vuitton, Spring 2014 Paris Fashion Week

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'This collection is dedicated to the women who inspire me and to the showgirl in all of us'</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">said Marc Jacobs of his final show for</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">international super-brand Louis Vuitton.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQKH_D3P7yiG6X9gkBowK-A-l_UWXkSym620dfBXzrXtITLIqgdSOg0n3eTsTpC_NIWjHRSfSlHqE07nmyHK4pe6MxSUmAuzHrlQ52sTp6a-NkYu-rMp2Uc0uO1-zorKOvvHNxgr_sZc/s1600/lv+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQKH_D3P7yiG6X9gkBowK-A-l_UWXkSym620dfBXzrXtITLIqgdSOg0n3eTsTpC_NIWjHRSfSlHqE07nmyHK4pe6MxSUmAuzHrlQ52sTp6a-NkYu-rMp2Uc0uO1-zorKOvvHNxgr_sZc/s1600/lv+3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Louis Vuitton Spring 2014 PFW</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">The set for the final Marc Jacobs Louis Vuitton</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">runway show was a funereal retrospective</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">of some of his most magnificent previous installations.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">A black lacquer catwalk clad in shearling,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">a fountain, carousel, lift shafts </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">and a giant Louis Vuitton clock</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">served as backdrop to the collection,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">which too was heavily black.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">And adorned.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">And embellished.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7njk9p16FYQ9dS1isPYXZ1mLpnlfsiOH40lZXRIjJHuJZmiutLNyutD-u1r7p1HmMrQ92HuBlT9-BFjnQOWGm71mMwSHCCGRv0MKX2lp0O8U6XI0A7xx4jDbBMWtwvhE6lyJfT1MKc18/s1600/lv+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7njk9p16FYQ9dS1isPYXZ1mLpnlfsiOH40lZXRIjJHuJZmiutLNyutD-u1r7p1HmMrQ92HuBlT9-BFjnQOWGm71mMwSHCCGRv0MKX2lp0O8U6XI0A7xx4jDbBMWtwvhE6lyJfT1MKc18/s1600/lv+4.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Louis Vuitton Spring 2014 PFW</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">The story was of giant showgirl headdresses</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">and bold black brows.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYMxsxIGv1A089f9NRz4M5pqirR9GbA7h-l57Pox5KQSP55ekyShp-ebkFd56h3fC12zIMNsT0xLDgcOkuhQB1MTNlNyZzgtzMwh0HvEynMylbHVge5no1NyF_MkZwut-eIpV1unkQI0/s1600/lv+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYMxsxIGv1A089f9NRz4M5pqirR9GbA7h-l57Pox5KQSP55ekyShp-ebkFd56h3fC12zIMNsT0xLDgcOkuhQB1MTNlNyZzgtzMwh0HvEynMylbHVge5no1NyF_MkZwut-eIpV1unkQI0/s1600/lv+6.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Louis Vuitton Spring 2014</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'When I look around Paris it isn't the depth of the city that takes my breath away, it's the ornamentation that dazzles,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">said Jacobs, and this was reflected in the embellishment</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">of a simple fashion story.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Louis Vuitton jeans, embroidered with jet, pailettes, and plumes, simple boxy, fur dresses inset with panels of netting and jewels and lace. A distinct nod to the simple street fashion that women really want to wear, paired with</span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">            a luxe excess that draws you to Louis Vuitton.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">There was an homage to the enormously successful collaboration Jacobs had with Stephen Sprouse in the early years of his tenure at Louis Vuitton,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX4bwKEHI6bP1dNJgv4oVHCEpsVMhE3Lqm6ZygjpyaT2iHmVWaxZ73geJBUCu_eUOYe2Dj3sryOcBVc2E4fJQ-ui9zx-Bnvf1uF5QfFPE8uHYjDxkWGJKHy-Rq0uyFLI9zISmGIL8y0s/s1600/LV+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX4bwKEHI6bP1dNJgv4oVHCEpsVMhE3Lqm6ZygjpyaT2iHmVWaxZ73geJBUCu_eUOYe2Dj3sryOcBVc2E4fJQ-ui9zx-Bnvf1uF5QfFPE8uHYjDxkWGJKHy-Rq0uyFLI9zISmGIL8y0s/s1600/LV+1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Louis Vuitton Spring 2014 Stephen Sprouse body painting</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The Louis Vuitton show has been the highlight of every fashion month for me. With Marc Jacobs at the helm </span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">every show was spectacular. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">How can you surpass the Louis Vuitton 10 Star Hotel, the Carousel, The Elevators, The Louis Vuitton Express??</span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'It is not about thinking, it is about feeling... I take pleasure from things for exactly what they are, revelling in the pure adornment of beauty for beauty's sake,' Jacobs concluded</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">His swan song was fittingly majestic. Louis Vuitton was lucky to have him for 16 years. The showgirl in me will miss him.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvsxHOz19j7tb2zxTvXnQ9-1rhUAjUlj1wL7fRi2KgXUZWkXfhX0wNFIJ1gRBagmXPxIzmirYh0MHzmIy8Xq9bqE6fF14yCPVtjzaU_IlRWL0rdkvRKvVuvvRIspTTOILLQxyqcbcToY/s1600/lv+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvsxHOz19j7tb2zxTvXnQ9-1rhUAjUlj1wL7fRi2KgXUZWkXfhX0wNFIJ1gRBagmXPxIzmirYh0MHzmIy8Xq9bqE6fF14yCPVtjzaU_IlRWL0rdkvRKvVuvvRIspTTOILLQxyqcbcToY/s1600/lv+5.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marc Jacobs at his final runway show for Louis Vuitton</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Shanti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div></div>

Marc Jacobs Final Show For Louis Vuitton, Spring 2014 Paris Fashion Week

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