Hippy Fashion: Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs was born April 9, 1963 in New York City.Marc Jacobs is very well known for his accessory line with handbags, sun glasses, perfume, wallets, watches and jewelry. Next to the accessory line there's also Marc Jacobs jeans, suits, shirts, and coats.

Jacobs was focused on his dreams of becoming an important designer. By the age of 15, he was attending the High School of Art and Design during the day and, after school, working at the upscale clothing boutique Charivari. The staff of Charivari allowed their young stockboy to design sweaters for the store in between his tasks of folding clothes and dressing mannequins. Just after graduating, at the age of 21, he designed his first collection for the label Sketchbook for Reuben Thomas. He cited the visually rich films Amadeus and Purple Rain his inspirations for the line. In 1987, he became the youngest designer ever to win the Council of Fashion Designers of America Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent

In 1997, He was named creative director of the Louis Vuitton house of luxury goods in Paris. The job was a professional triumph, but it brought new pressures that threw Jacobs's personal life into a tailspin. He began in a period of heavy drugs use.

After getting clean, Jacobs threw himself back into his work, launching Louis Vuitton's first ready-to-wear line while expanding his own label.Marc Jacobs collections two for adults and one for children are sold at of Marc Jacobs boutiques worldwide. He has also licensed his name to perfumes and accessories. The Council of Fashion Designers of America named him the Menswear Designer of the Year in 2002, and Accessories Designer of the Year in 1998/99, 2003 and 2005.

he started his own company with longtime business partner Robert Duffy. The Marc Jacobs label soon proved a success.he designed under his own label for two years, creating irreverent take off of 60's hippie style clothing, He has introduced modern pop into their sober image. He also makes what the New York Times calls his 'caviar clothes' for the up market women.