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Would it really be Passover in the Diaspora if a gay Jewish fashion designer wasn’t proposing to his boyfriend with a flashmob at a Chipotle? Candlemaker and model Char Defrancesco lived out billions of people’s dreams on Wednesday night when he received a wedding proposal from his boyfriend, designer Marc Jacobs, in a Chipotle. Jacobs,…
Designer: Marc Jacobs Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Location: Park Avenue Armory Jewish? Most definitely, yes (didn’t the biblical-sounding last name give it away?). For a long time, Marc Jacobs was the most overrated designer in American fashion. True, fashion’s elite continue to dutifully trudged out to his twice yearly shows, which are known to…
A blizzard may be taking NYC by storm, but the city’s hottest fashionistas are schlepping through the sleet and snow (in their finest fur and shoes your bubbe probably wouldn’t approve of) for New York Fashion Week, which started today and continues through next Thursday, February 15. Since 1993, NYFW has been held annually in…
Marc Jacobs models walk the runway at New York Fashion Week // Getty Images Many a preteen has done a crazy thing or two for the perfect bar/bat mitzvah. For Chloe Cornell, that meant crashing the Marc Jacobs show at New York Fashion Week with six of her closest friends, all wearing t-shirts bearing the…
Marc Jacobs, the star designer who turned Louis Vuitton from a staid luggage-maker into a global fashion brand, is leaving to focus on his own eponymous label, a source close to the French company’s parent LVMH said on Wednesday. The move follows a series of leadership changes at Louis Vuitton, LVMH’s cash cow and biggest…
Despite the reported confusion and last-minute panic caused by this year’s theme (the rich and famous apparently missed the boat on CBGB), the Met Gala red carpet was all glitz and glam for “Punk: Chaos to Couture.” From Sarah Jessica Parker’s mohawk headdress, to Madonna’s (granted, not Jewish, but would like to be) ACDC-like schoolboy…
It’s hard to believe that Marc Jacobs is 50. I mean, have you seen him? It’s a far cry from his days of long, stringy hair, baggy clothes and just general schlubbiness. May we all look this good when the big 5-0 rolls around. But beyond his amazing beach bod, the man is just so…
Marc Jacobs is stepping off the runway and onto the red carpet. According to Refinery29, the fashion designer will be appearing in “Disconnect,” a new thriller starring Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgard, Paula Patton, and Max Theriot. The movie focuses on the dark-side of social media and online chat-rooms, with several story lines that intersect for…
כאָטש זי מישט אַ מאָל אַרײַן רוסישע ווערטער איז איר ייִדיש פֿאַרבליבן אַ פֿליסיקע און מע קען בולט הערן איר „טאָטע־מאָמע לשון“
