


making Marc Jacobs the most nominated designer in the CFDA history. And has been nominated well over 20 times. He has gone on to win a record breaking nine CFDA awards including Womenswear Designer of the Year, Accessories Designer of the Year and Menswear designer of the year.

Jacobs introduced the secondary line, Marc by Marc Jacobs, with a spring 2001 runway show.
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They also opened the first Marc Jacobs free standing store on Mercer Street in New York’s Soho district. Jacobs and Duffy joined Louis Vuitton in 1997, Jacobs as Artistic Director and Duffy as Studio Director. launched their own licensing and design company: Marc Jacobs International Company, L.P. In the fall of 1993, Jacobs Duffy Designs Inc. Ironically, months before the CFDA awards were announced, they were fired for that very same collection. In 1992, the CFDA once again bestowed Jacobs with a distinct honor: the Women’s Designer of the Year Award for his fabled Grunge Collection. In 1987, he received the distinct honor of being the youngest designer ever to be awarded the fashion industry’s highest tribute: The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent.ġ989 Jacobs and Duffy joined Perry Ellis as Vice-President of Women’s Design and President respectively. In 1984 Jacobs designed his first collection with the Marc Jacobs label. In 1984 he met Robert Duffy who is still his business partner today. As a design student at Parson’s, Jacobs was the recipient of some of the schools highest honors including Design Student of the Year. After graduating from the High School of Art and Design in 1981 he entered Parson’s School of Design. Marc Jacobs was born in New York City on April 9, 1963.
