Marc Jacobs S/S 2007 (theme & influence)

It happens that the clothes are very good: light, romantic, strange. Afterward, Mr. Jacobs called the collection “a corny commentary” on how people described his clothes last season, dark and heavy. “I’m not someone who is angst-ridden,” he said. “I just want to make beautiful clothes that girls want to wear.” If only more designers could convince us they actually thought about how young women dress, there might then be more shows of this relevance.

Against the backdrop of Stefan Beckman’s set, evoking a Hobbitland of green hills and sky, and with music from Pachelbel’s Canon (as covered by Brian Eno), the models traveled a two-lane runway, its median filled in with thousands of blue-green lozenges. White, gray, silver and smoky lavender were the primary tones of the collection, beginning with a long-sleeve shirt in Tyvek paper and loose, belted khaki pants that looked splattered with paint, but were in fact appliquéd. A silver trench coat appeared over soft, billowy pants in cream linen, a masculine style that more or less defined the bottom half of the collection. There were also tulip-shape shorts.


reference:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/13/fashion/shows/13FASH.html




Pachelbel's Canon, even Brian Eno's version, isn't the sort of music you expect at a runway show. And a bucolic backdrop of rolling hills behind a catwalk that, in turn, was painted lawn green and elevated over a river of mint candies isn't the kind of setting you see every day of fashion week, either. But Marc Jacobs has such a surfeit of cool, he got away with both—and then some—at a spring show that was strangely beautiful (as ever), if a little esoteric.

Backstage, he was mum on literal inspirations, speaking instead of "light, kindness, peace, and generosity." The light part made a sort of sense. Jacobs' palette consisted of white, cream, black for contrast, and ombréd grays, with flashes of brilliant holographic sequins. And from a shirred tulle bomber jacket with a furlike appearance to a drop-waist tiered lace dress that evoked Poiret, there was a certain romance to the collection. Layered jersey tees, billowing brushstroke-stripe silk dresses, and deconstructed à la japonaise cashmeres had an appealing softness.


reference:
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2007RTW-MJACOBS





THEME OF 2007 S/S COLLECTION:
LIGHT