Marc Jacobs Zodiac Sign: Aries

Début de la vie et antécédents

Jacobs grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and attended Teaneck High School. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

Biography & History

Marc Jacobs was born on April 9, 1963, in New York City to a secular Jewish family. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

He married his longtime partner Charly Defrancesco on April 6, 2019. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

From 2009 to 2020, Jacobs owned a 4,796-square-foot townhouse designed by Robert A. M. Stern in New York's West Village. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

Career

He was the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton from 1997 to 2014. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

In 1986, backed by Onward Kashiyama USA, Inc., Jacobs designed his first collection bearing the Marc Jacobs label. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

In 2013, Jacobs served as creative director for the Diet Coke brand's 30th anniversary; he spent a year giving the brand a 'stylish and light-hearted' makeover. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

Career Milestones & Accomplishments

In 1987, he became the youngest designer ever to receive the Council of Fashion Designers of America's Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

Jacobs was on Time magazine's '2010 Time 100' list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

He was #14 on Out magazine's 2012 list of '50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America'. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

In 2024, Jacobs pledged that his products would not use or sell animal fur – and that they had not since 2018 – in response to a pressure campaign from animal activists. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

Awards & Honors

He won the Women's Designer of the Year award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1993. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

On August 26, 2019, Jacobs was presented with MTV's first 'Fashion Trailblazer Award' at the Video Music Awards, in partnership with the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

Philanthropy & Advocacy

Jacobs has an ongoing project entitled 'Protect The Skin You're In', which has celebrities pose nude, with their breasts and frontal area covered, for T-shirts to raise awareness about melanoma. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

Contributions & Legacy

In September 2020, Jacobs released Heaven, a polysexual line aimed at a younger audience while blurring gender boundaries, with a campaign featuring beabadoobee and Iris Law. Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.

Style & Cultural Context

Jacobs was one of the first fashion designers to establish this 'street wise aesthetics – a [mash up of] a little preppie, a little grunge, a little couture.' Source: Marc Jacobs, accessed 2026-10-04.