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 having been discontinued after the 2015 fall/winter collection. At one point there were over 200 retail stores in 80 countries.
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, and was #14 on Out magazine's 2012 list of "50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America". He got married on 7 April 2019, to his long time boyfriend Charly Defrancesco.
Louis Vuitton's visionary artistic director Virgi Abloh dies
msn.comTwitter with a tribute to the Off-White designer: 'My heart is broken. Virgil you were a kind, generous, thoughtful creative genius.
Your work as a human and your work as a spiritual being will live forever. Sending love and light to your wife, children, family and day ones you’re with the Master now, shine. ' 'I am so sorry to read this,' Marc Jacobs wrote on Twitter. 'My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones.
May you Rest in Peace and Power dear Virgil. 'A statement posted to Abloh's Instagram account described him as 'a fiercely devoted father, husband, son, brother, and friend. ''For over two years, Virgil valiantly battled a rare, aggressive form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma,' the statement said. 'He chose to.
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