Why don't you give Marc Jacobs 50

Today, American Marc Jacobs celebrates his 50th birthday. Looking at the designer, you can never say that he was born in the early sixties: amid his slightly older, but also mature colleagues like

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Giorgio Armani and Karl Lagerfeld he was always considered a young spirit. Look At Me listed ten things that make the designer closer to the generation of twenty: from boyfriend porn actor to 33 tattoos.

Looks good and removed naked

Marc Jacobs doesn't look fifty years old. Five years ago, he went on a diet and decided to do a grooming - you can read more about this in Details. A good appearance allows him to appear naked for advertising Bang, his own fragrance, or for his friend Katie Grand Love's magazine.

Dyes hair in different colors

The designer may not be keen on sipank, but once he dyed his hair blue. Another detail of his style is the skirt: he wears both Scottish kilts and skirts from the Prada women's collections. Because of this, it is taken as an example to designers working with androgyny, for example, the young Jonathan Anderson.

Likes crazy art

The designer began working with artists before every second fashion house began to do this. Moreover, he made friends with Louis Vuitton with the popularizer of the anime and manga Takasi Murakami, who painted the monograms of the French house in bright colors, and his shops forced the figures of Kawai creatures. The following collaboration was made by the brand with Yayoi Kusama, an artist who covers objects with thousands of points and suffers from mental illness.

Watching "The Simpsons" and "South Park"

Marc Jacobs is not indifferent to cartoon series and even considers the fashion industry to be a cartoon. On the body of the designer his own image in the style of the character from "The Simpsons" was tattooed. We do not even imagine how glad he was that he parodied South Park.

Did not become conservative with age

Marc Jacobs is openly gay. He fights for the rights of sexual minorities, but not on boring debates: for example, he produces funny t-shirts and boots in support of homosexuals.

Brand boyfriend is a porn actor

Few people have a boyfriend porn actor, and even more so in fifty years. Designer Louis Vuitton is dating twenty-four years old Harry Louis. And the couple occasionally dines with ex-boyfriend Jacobs Lorenzo Martone.

He has funny tattoos. As many as 33

Speaking of tattoos: the designer has as many as 33. These include, for example, the image of kissing dogs, Spongebob and M & M's, the logo of Oui magazine, the sofa, the words and phrases "Shameless" and "Bros before hos". They are stuffed with one of the most famous tattoo artists in the world, Scott Campbell. Now the designer plans to put on his body the 34th image - one of the heroes of the South Park.

Do not shun the mass market

Marc Jacobs works for three brands at once: Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs. If the first two produce luxury products, the third is available to every average buyer - these are, for example, dresses for $ 250. In addition, the designer has a line of special products, including colored pencils for $ 8 and panties for $ 10.

He played a pimp in the movies and dedicated a collection to prostitutes.

Marc Jacobs is known for his easy attitude to the problem of prostitution. Not so long ago, he played the role of a pimp who deceives young girls into the business through the Internet. At the same time, the designer said that he did not consider his role negative: in this way he helped the girls find a roof over their heads. After some time, Jacobs brought the girls in black wigs and translucent peignoirs to the podium. The media reaction was immediate: Telegraph, Liberation and Times accused the designer of promoting prostitution. Meanwhile, critics liked the collection.

Invented a frivolous campaign for Coca Cola

The design for diet cola was already developed by Karl Lagerfeld and Jean-Paul Gautier - but both were more old-fashioned and appropriately aged. The last time the creative director was the head of Louis Vuitton. Marc Jacobs design bottles cannot be found in stores, but you can see how the designer has fun with them in advertising. In the same place, by the way, you can see his great torso (see point 1).