Marc Jacobs S/S 2005 (theme and influence)

Thus, on Monday night, Marc Jacobs shifted again. He banished this fall's matronly crepes to oblivion and replaced them with girlish skirts and gingham in Crayola colors, avoiding the politically incorrect "flesh." His show notes, however, contained a curious political footnote. At the end of a list of credits (hair, makeup, the caterer) was the phrase, "Leonard Peltier is innocent."




"I just want to make things that are beautiful," Mr. Jacobs said after his show. And his clothes were very beautiful and cheerful — boxy tweed jackets exploding in blurred pink and green houndstooth, the lanky paper-bagged trousers in cotton stripes, the gingham checks and baby-doll dresses that recalled Mr. Jacobs's early years as a designer. Skirts were mostly full, in tiny floral brocades and teacup shapes and some with layered hems, a style that owes something to Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçon (and one Mr. Jacobs repeated, along with rolled jeans and deconstructed rugby shirts, in his Marc by Marc Jacobs line). And a finale of sleeveless A-line dresses in silk poplin with bows plumped down the back looked fresh as an evening statement.



But against all that prettiness, the reference to the case of Mr. Peltier, an American Indian who many people believe was wrongly convicted of the murder of two federal agents in 1975, seemed out of context, and even (unintentionally) to lend something profound to the show, the clothes and the celebrities. But Mr. Jacobs said he only included the phrase at the request of the British designer Vivienne Westwood, who has championed Mr. Peltier's cause.





reference: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/15/fashion/shows/15DRES.html?_r=1




THEME OF 2005 S/S COLLECTION:
GIRLISH + LADYLIKE

Want to show that you're a friend of Hillary Clinton, the perennially rumored presidential candidate-to-be? Though Marc Jacobs' T-shirts can run more than $100, his Hillary tee sells for half that; proceeds benefit Clinton's re-election campaign. "The senator was flattered and pleased that Marc Jacobs made politics fashionable again," says Patti Solis Doyle, executive director of Friends of Hillary.

reference: http://www.friendsofhillary.com/

Maybe this is one of the driving forces for Marc Jacobs to set the theme... (supporting Hillary!?! What the...!?!)