Indigo Clarke reports on the Marc Jacobs show
The collection was upbeat and frivolously fun – dolly-bird girls on parade in boxy, modish silhouettes constructed in jersey, leather and embellished with iridescent beading, with undulating hemlines and bare midriffs in a concise palette of black, white, nude and red.
It was a mod-rocking swinging 60s-fest at Marc Jacobs for Spring/Summer 2013, as models took to a raised, triangular catwalk through a mirrored revolving door in bold striped, houndstooth and leopard print shift dresses and matching separates, with decadent ruffle neck and hemlines. Where often Jacobs toys with a variety of themes and eras to inspire his collections, the looks on display were singularly derivative of the revolutionary – and economically buoyant – 60s, begging the question, why? One couldn’t help but wonder if the dour economic climate, and pending election (with the terrifying possibility of Romney actually being voted in) inspired Jacobs to draw on a rose-coloured bohemian past. Whatever the reason, the effect was upbeat and frivolously fun – dolly-bird girls on parade in boxy, modish silhouettes constructed in jersey, leather and embellished with iridescent beading, with undulating hemlines and bare midriffs in a concise palette of black, white, nude and red. Such an authentic interpretation of 60s style, the collection might have been snatched from the costume archives of, 'Who are you, Polly Maggoo' – so while not massively original conceptually, must be appreciated for taking NYFW out of the doldrums of casual everyday-wear and thrusting it back into the realms of fashion fantasy.
