Men's Marc Jacobs Fashion Brand

Fashion designer Marc Jacobs is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, as well as Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line. He was the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton from 1997 to 2014. Three roles, one designer: his own name label at the centre, a diffusion line carrying the same eye to a wider audience, and a seventeen-year tenure at the head of one of France's great houses. That is the whole record, in two sentences.

The Louis Vuitton years matter to a menswear reader even though the house is filed here for its French design heritage: 1997 to 2014 is a long creative-director tenure by fashion's standards, and it ran in parallel with the designer's own label rather than instead of it., the man's own name and the house he directed for seventeen years are two sides of the same career, and the directory files him, correctly, under his own name.

The Beauty in the Unexpected

About Marc Jacobs and his Legacy, the heading runs, and its text is a statement of values rather than a product list. Marc continues to explore the beauty in the unexpected and convey the luxury that exists in the everyday. At the core of the company's values is his belief that we are each the star of our own movie, and through the joy of the ritual of fashion, makeup and fragrance, we can help further define our individuality and personality. Read as a buying guide, that is a test for the garments: a Marc Jacobs piece should carry something unexpected - a proportion, a detail, a pairing - and it should make an everyday garment feel like a luxury object rather than a costume.

The men's collection itself, is about the everyday wardrobe a man actually builds: add designer flair to your everyday casual look with separates from the MARC JACOBS for men collection. Looking for pieces that you can wear for work and the weekend? Shop the collection for polo shirts and bold button-downs you can easily coordinate with jeans or slacks for a stylish look. Polo shirts and bold button-down shirts are the named garments - the same two-piece formula the directory's title calls clothing for trendy men - and the styling advice is coordination: one shirt, two settings, jeans for the weekend and slacks for work.

Reading This Marc Jacobs Record

Read as a buying guide, start from the values and end at the two named garments. The brand's stated core is individuality - each wearer the star of his own movie - expressed through the ritual of fashion, makeup and fragrance. The men's wardrobe on offer, on this record, is separates built around polo shirts and bold button-downs that coordinate with jeans or slacks across work and weekend. Judge a piece by the house's own framing: is the unexpected detail genuinely there, and does the everyday garment carry the luxury the statement promises?

Marc Jacobs, under M in the Men's Fashion Brands directory: head designer of the Marc Jacobs label and the Marc by Marc Jacobs diffusion line, creative director of Louis Vuitton from 1997 to 2014, and a house whose stated belief is that we are each the star of our own movie. No official brand site is given for Marc Jacobs.