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20 Jan

Celebs Flock For Louis Vuitton Men’s Show, Marc Jacobs’

Celebs Flock For Louis Vuitton Men’s Show, Marc Jacobs’
Rosalía Rocks: There was music and mayhem at Louis Vuitton’s Thursday afternoon show. The approach to the rear entrance of the courtyard of the Louvre was thronged by lots of of K-pop fans, all angling to get a glimpse of star Jung Hoseok, higher referred to as J-Hope from BTS. They lined the road carrying signs and screaming fan chants for the superstar. Once inside, Rosalía performed an lively three-song set atop a parked taxi while Usher, Tyga and Got7’s Jackson Wang head-bopped along. It was an eclectic and energetic mix for the primary show from the creative collective of designer Colm Dillane, stylist Ibrahim Kamara and film director Michel Gondry. Sitting front row around a set that was decorated as an apartment, Usher...
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10 Oct

Marc Jacobs would really like you to smell the

Marc Jacobs would really like you to smell the
Are you a part of the BLT community? Have you ever tasted the rainbow? What about sniffing it? Well, within the words of Marc Jacobs, it’s yours to try. I can’t quite consider I'm writing this, but as Pride season continues to swell, the brand has decided to take a scented rainbow on a tour of the UK, with Southbank’s Statement Point acting as its inaugural base, before heading as much as Manchester for town’s late August festivities.  For all you trolls – sorry, leprechauns – a pot of gold will emerge in a fistful of tiny bottles, each containing a tester of the brand’s Perfect Marc Jacobs fragrance. At this point, everyone knows that perfection is a slippery concept, and...
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17 Sep

The cyber-cyborgian baldies at Marc Jacobs AW22 reflected the

The cyber-cyborgian baldies at Marc Jacobs AW22 reflected the
It was German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche who provided the sentiment that framed the Marc Jacobs AW22 show this week. “We share our decisions in contrast to the continuing brutality and ugliness of a world beyond our insulated but not impermeable partitions,” Jacobs quoted in a note entitled ‘Selection’. “Now we have art so as to not die of the reality.”  Coming just days after the overturning of Roe v Wade within the US and the threat against other hard-won rights like gay marriage, the final mood was bleak. It was unimaginable to not read the note, and the gathering, in relation to recent events. The wonder specifically conveyed a dystopian atmosphere: sitting between the aesthetics of The Girl with the Dragon...
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