Fashion, and Quite Possibly Marc Jacobs, Will Forever Have My Heart
I read the best article on Marc Jacobs in the January issue of Vogue today. Marc Jacobs has always fascinated me. My fashion class last year showed the documentary on him that talked about him and his work on his own fashion lines along with his work at Louis Vuitton. I keep up with his runway shows through blogs and twitter. I wear the Daisy Eau So Fresh perfume (it smells amazing, btw. - everyone should own it!) I’m borderline obsessed with Marc Jacobs the person and what he can do with fashion. He constantly pushes the envelope just because he can. It’s absolutely insane.
A few quotes from the article really summed up why I’m obsessed:
- Three words: Le mot juste.
Translation: the just word. Also stated as the right word at the right time and the right thing for the right time in the right moment.
Marc Jacobs is le mot juste at it’s finest. He just somehow does the right thing at the right moment in time. That is not a planned thing you can do. It’s natural.
- “I love fashion. That’s why I do it. No one’s forcing me to do this. And nobody forces anyone to buy it. It’s a real love affair.”
He is one hundred percent correct. When I think about the things in my closet, I know that I was not forced to buy them. I bought them because I wanted them. I loved them enough (with a little buyers remorse months later sometimes…) to spend my hard earned money on those pieces. The designers I love are not in fashion because they were forced to do it. They are in fashion because it is their passion. Fashion has never been a forced job or role. Fashion exists because people needed something to care about that was not about the government or education. Fashion is whimsical. It makes people happy. People love it because they can obsess over it whenever and however they want. It truly is a love affair. Which brings me to my next quote…
-“Fashion isn’t a necessity. It pulls at your heart. It’s a whim. You don’t need it. You want it.“
Like I said above. Fashion is something people want. Fashion pulls people in because it is so fluid in life. Fashion is everywhere whether you believe it or not. Trust me, I’ve had class on it. It’s quite intriguing once you begin to study the phenomenon that is fashion. It’s okay if you don’t notice though. But I will leave you with one last thing…
Fashion will never die. Well, maybe when everyone dies it will but for right now, fashion is here to stay. So until that day comes all I have to say is c’est la vie et de la mode.
