https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marc-jacobs-louis-vuitton---kick-off-thread Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:59:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marc-jacobs-louis-vuitton---kick-off-thread#post-817057 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:05:39 +0000 Inge 817057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie: I know! How can you stay so calm in the midst of such chaos, and when there's so much at stake, wow!<br /> Nancy, that handbag must have been quite something. I've actually never seen one of Marc's bags irl, but judging by the amount of work and attention to detail I saw in this documentary, I expet the workmanship and quality must be of a very high standard. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marc-jacobs-louis-vuitton---kick-off-thread#post-796007 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:29:02 +0000 Mochi 796007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't do netflix, but will have to try and catch this somehow. </p> <p>I can't come up with more than a few items of clothing that qualified as The One That Got Away, but one of these was a stunning Marc Jacobs handbag that even pre-owned, on consignment, cost nearly $600...and those were the days when I'd never have considered it at that price, and now I would. I still think about that bag. I've never seen anything like it on ebay since. It was an outrageously gorgeous bag. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marc-jacobs-louis-vuitton---kick-off-thread#post-795997 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:16:14 +0000 Angie 795997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to run, and will chime in again later, Inge - but my main thought is that I used to not be an MJ fan - but became one after watching this documentary. I agree with your assessments by about a billion percent. I used to think I was a hard worker. Well. I'm a slacker compared to MJ. HE WORKS SO HARD! He is inspirational in many, many ways. </p> <p>I was extremely captivated by this documentary. MJ never gets his knickers in a knot. He is as calm as it gets no matter what - like 30 minutes before the runway show and some of the gowns are still at the studio being sewn. I'd have had 10 apoplexies. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marc-jacobs-louis-vuitton---kick-off-thread#post-795885 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:12:25 +0000 Inge 795885@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Super, looking forward to hearing your thoughts, Mary. And have fun watching the documentary:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marc-jacobs-louis-vuitton---kick-off-thread#post-795856 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:26:12 +0000 Anonymous 795856@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for letting me know about this documentary. I will watch it today and get back to you with thoughts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marc-jacobs-louis-vuitton---kick-off-thread#post-795848 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:03:16 +0000 Inge 795848@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>This time we are chatting about <a href="http://youlookfab.com/books/2012/11/marc-jacobs-louis-vuitton/">Marc Jacobs &amp; Louis Vuitton</a>, the 2007 documentary that follows the designer and his team(s) while they are working on a new collection for both his own label in the US and another one for the French luxury brand. </p> <p>I'm really curious to hear your thoughts. To start things off, here are a few things that stood out for me:<br /> - Marc Jacobs struck me as a very down-to-earth, disciplined, sweet and courteous man who is extremely driven but hasn't let his success go to his head.<br /> - I am absolutely in awe of the attention to detail, and how much time is spent on getting even the tiniest details exactly right: e.g. cutting up the flowers they brought back from Japan by hand, and steaming them one by one to make sure they got the lived-in look they were after.<br /> - What did you think of the clothes shown in both collections?<br /> - The meeting with Yayoi Kusama - the Japanese artists known for her artwork covered with large, brightly coloured polka dots - was so disarming. It became clear that both of them live for their work, and need to create to be truly happy.<br /> - The weeks and months leading up to a fashion show are beyond hectic and the pace is brutal: could you see yourself having to put together a jacket half an hour before a show, and staying as calm as the seamstresses in the French atelier?<br /> - Marc's view on the difference between art and what he himself does in fashion - What did you think of Marc saying that he's always's thought of art as "being up there and fashion down there"?</p> <p>Over to you, what did you think of this documentary? </p>