Paul McCarthy’s 2013 « White Snow » video installation, which reinterpreted Walt Disney’s « Snow White », at New York’s Park Avenue Armory, featured among the various influences of the Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2014 Show.
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The Marc by Marc Jacobs (MbMJ by Katie Hillier and Luella Bartley) Autumn/Winter 2014-2015 Show, which
featured illustrations designed by Fergus Purcell, was influenced by the Power Rangers.
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The Stephen Jones-designed headpieces of the Louis Vuitton by Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2014 Show were a nod to the creations that Bob Mackie designed for Cher, to celebrate « the showgirl in all of us » (the motif that covered Edie Campbell’s body revisited the « Graffiti » pattern that Stephen Sprouse created for the Louis Vuitton by Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2001 Collection).
Other Cher-influenced collections : Charlie by Matthew Zink Spring/Summer 2012 (this swimwear line channeled Cher « bursting into the Rainbow Room »), Gucci by Tom Ford Spring/Summer 1999 (this « Californian hippie cool » collection, made in collaboration with Francisco Costa, was an homage to Cher), Proenza Schouler Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 (the half-plaited ponytails of this show, styled by Paul Hanlon for Frédéric Fekkai, referenced ’70s muses such as Cher), Roberto Cavalli Spring/Summer 2004 (this show opened with screen projections which featured stills and video clips of Cher, especially in the ’70s).
To read about Stephen Sprouse-inspired collections, search for the « Stephen Sprouse » post that I published on November 9, 2012.
Photo : Giovanni Giannoni
Iris « Easy » Steensma, the child prostitute who was portrayed by Jodie Foster in Martin Scorsese’s « Taxi Driver », influenced the Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2011 Show.
Other Taxi Driver-inspired collections : Bottega Veneta by Tomas Maier Autumn/Winter 2013-2014 (the Guido Palau-styled hair of this show referenced Jodie Foster in « Taxi Driver »), Karen Walker Spring/Summer 2012 (the theme of this show played with the concept that « Taxi Driver »’s Iris and Betsy were 2 different sorts of American women), Peter Jensen Spring/Summer 2009 (this show paid homage to Jodie Foster’s different looks, including in « Taxi Driver »).
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Ed van der Elsken’s photographs of cool and sexy young people, as seen in his « Love on the Left Bank / Een liefdesgeschiedenis in Saint-Germain-des-Prés » book, influenced the Guido Palau-styled choppy bobs of the Louis Vuitton by Marc Jacobs Autumn/Winter 2013-2014 Show.
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Charlotte Rampling in Liliana Cavani’s « The Night Porter » influenced the fetishistic theme of the Louis Vuitton by Marc Jacobs Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 Show.
Other « The Night Porter »-inspired collections : Moschino Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 (« Vogue »’s Mark Holgate wrote that this collection looked like Charlotte Rampling’s Lucia Atherton from « The Night Porter » who had been playing in the S&M fancy-dress box again), Thakoon Spring/Summer 2009 (« British Vogue »’s Leisa Barnett wrote that this collection featured « The Night Porter »–esque leather bra tops).
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The Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2013 Show referenced, among other ’80s icons or movies, Bananarama.
Some Bananarama-influenced items : Chloé Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 (a red oversize bag echoed Bananarama’s style), Topshop Unique Spring/Summer 2009 (the bows in the hair were inspired by Bananarama).
Furthermore, Siobhan Fahey modeled the Jerome C Rousseau Spring/Summer 2012 Collection (Jerome C Rousseau told vogue.com that the ex-Bananarama’s member was his 1st crush).
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A portrait of a ’90s-era Marc Jacobs, that Elizabeth Peyton painted, was used for some prints of the Marc by Marc Jacobs Resort 2013 Collection.
One Elizabeth Peyton’s collaboration : Marc Jacobs (in 2004, a portrait of Sofia Coppola by Elizabeth Peyton was used for the campaign of the « Essence » fragrance).
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Olafur Eliasson’s « The Weather Project » installation, presented at London’s Tate Modern, in 2003, was the starting point of the low-frequency light theme of the Marc Jacobs Autumn/Winter 2013-2014 Show.
Other Olafur Eliasson-inspired collection and Olafur Eliasson’s collaborations : Jonathan Saunders Autumn/Winter 2013-2014 Menswear (this collection was based on Olafur Eliasson’s installations that reproduce nature’s biggest effects), Louis Vuitton (Olafur Eliasson has created the « Loss of Senses / Perte des sens » installation for the elevator of Louis Vuitton’s flagship Paris store, inaugurated on October 9th, 2005, on the Champs-Elysées ; Olafur Eliasson designed the « Eye See You » lamp for Louis Vuitton’s 2006 Christmas windows, then the « You See Me » lamp for Louis Vuitton’s New York store, on 5th Avenue).
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Otto Dix’s paintings inspired the colors of the Marc by Marc Jacobs Autumn/Winter 2013-2014 Show.
Other Otto Dix-inspired collections : Alexis Bittar Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 (this jewelry collection was partly influenced by Otto Dix’s paintings), Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Autumn/Winter 2012-2013 (some flapper dresses evoked the Art Deco heroines that Otto Dix painted in the ’20s).
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