The Barbie-mania of the past year has reminded us that getting dressed is meant to be fun.
And designer Marc Jacobs has now given this thesis the high-fashion stamp of approval.
In a show that celebrated his 40 years in the industry – and previewed his spring collection ahead of New York Fashion Week – Jacobs dressed his models like dolls and turned the cavernous ‘catwalk’ into their house with artwork by artist Robert Therrien, featuring an elephantine table with four gigantic folding chairs.
The models in Friday’s extravaganza in the Big Apple seemed tiny by comparison, amplifying the doll-like effect of the fashion.
Designer Marc Jacobs has reminded us how fun it is to get dressed
A model with ginger hair wearing a purple jumper and short brown skirt
In a show that celebrated his 40 years in the industry – and previewed his spring collection ahead of New York Fashion Week – Jacobs dressed his models like dolls
A doll-model with brunette hair wearing a blue blazer with three large black buttons
GOING FOR GOLD: A gold dressed model with a blue flower brooch
The models in Friday’s extravaganza in the Big Apple seemed tiny by comparison, amplifying the doll-like effect of the fashion
Another model wearing a short white top with exaggerated sleeves and a black skirt
A model with blonde hair wearing a chequered blue outfit
The minature models are stand in contrast to the elephantine furniture
A red-haired model wears a silvery sparkly dress
This model wears black and carries a green umbrella
The shape of their clothes is strange, cartoonish – as if stuck on with tabs like those of a child’s paper dolls kit
The effect is completed with larger-than-life eyelashes and sixties bouffant hair
The ‘Wonder’ collections shows us how the simplest ideas get people talking
A model sporting a black dress and matching pumps
The collection is a welcome break from designers who seek to stand out through shock and awe
Jacobs turned the the cavernous ‘catwalk’ into their house with artwork by artist Robert Therrien, featuring an elephantine table with four gigantic folding chairs
The shape of their clothes was strange, cartoonish – as if stuck on with tabs like those of a child’s paper dolls kit. Waistlines stood away from the body, shoulder seams protruded to 3D effect.
Larger-than-life eyelashes and sixties bouffant hair completed the effect.
In an industry where designers seek to stand out through shock and awe (Flesh! Spray-on dresses!), ‘Wonder’, as the collection was entitled, showed that a re-imagination of the simplest idea – paper dolls – is sometimes the cleverest way to get people talking.
Jacobs permitted us to approach the age-old adage of ‘What should I wear?’ with the excitement with which we changed our dolls’ outfits.
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