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American fashion designer (born 1963)

Film & TV

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

  • Marc by Sofia — Self2026
  • The Devil Wears Prada 2 — Marc Jacobs2026
  • Reclaim the Flag — Self2025
  • Victoria Beckham — Self2025
  • Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge — Self2024
  • In Vogue: The 90s — Self2024
  • Unknown Beauty: François Nars — Self2023
  • The Super Models — Self2023
  • Love is in the Legend — Self2022
  • The Gospel According to André — Self2018

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Key facts

Born
( 1963-04-09 ) April 9, 1963 (age 63) , New York City, U.S.
Education
High School of Art and Design , Parsons The New School for Design
Labels
Marc Jacobs Marc by Marc Jacobs Louis Vuitton (1997–2014)
Spouse
Charly Defrancesco, ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2019 ) ​
Awards
Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (France)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Marc
Family name
Jacobs
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Occupation
dressmaker
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
fashion
Official website
www.marcjacobs.com
Image
Marc Jacobs-3325.jpg
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Marc Jacobs
date of birth
1963-04-08
name in native language
Marc Jacobs
start of work period
1980-00-00
social media followers
8915473
end of work period
2012-01-01
has works in the collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Encyclopedic overview

Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was discontinued after the 2015 fall/winter collection. At its peak, it had over 200 retail stores in 80 countries. He was the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton from 1997 to 2014. Jacobs was on Time magazine's "2010 Time 100" list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and was #14 on Out magazine's 2012 list of "50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America". He married his longtime partner Charly Defrancesco on April 6, 2019.

Early life and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marc Jacobs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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