Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 Runway

Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 Collection New York, New York (February 17, 2009) Presented by Global Fashion News.
With a wink and a nod to the excess of the high flying and hard partying Eighties, Marc Jacobs unveiled his Fall 2009 collection sending sixty distinctive party girl looks parading down the catwalk. Leave it to Marc Jacobs to change the mood and divert our attention from the gloomy economic downturn of 2009 with his latest electrifying, neon-hued antidote to the economy. "I was thinking about the good old days in New York," he said after the show, "when getting dressed up was such a joy."

Mining his youth and early adulthood, Jacobs showed every major trend of the Eighties and then some, delivering an over-the-top ode to former friend and fellow designer Stephen Sprouse New York Eighties era. The exuberant New Wave collection did what fashion is supposed to do; put buyers and the audience in a buying mood. The show kicked off with a blaring punk rock soundtrack by Spinerette. First out was a gray zip cardigan sweater and charcoal trousers with a surprising back view revealing a half kilt. Then the wild party girls took over. They wore sweater dresses with floral patterned hosiery and sported big coiffed hairdos, fantastically sculpted velvet bustiers over high-waisted trousers and ultra short mini's and skirts in a thrilling parade of blinding color.

The show featured an impressive array of colorful short coats, including a neon hot pink hooded cashmere coat, melton wool capes and astrakhan ponchos. Bright fluorescent wrap coats and jackets in green, electric blue, red and acid yellow were worn over sweatshirt tunics, high waisted trousers and sheer body stockings, often in jarring combinations of hot pink and green or Schiaparelli red and fuschia. A short boxy cashmere and silk polka dot Balmacaan coat with raglan sleeves perfectly balanced the look of a Punk Princess in a black patent-striped mohair mini.

Jacobs worked his Midas touch creating decadent party dresses that shone like jewels in the night in shimmering gold lame`, panne velvet and silk, many with short flaring pannier skirts (expanding the width.) A stunning yellow velvet dress with tubular pleating fanned out from the waist and featured a deep V-back. Precious duchesse satin ruched front evening dresses in eggplant and bottle green were cinched at the waist by an exposed vertical zipper, forming soft pleats and gathers from neckline to hem.




By all measures it was a scaled-back show. The guest list was slashed dramatically this season, and there were no live sets by bands like Sonic Youth. For a change, Jacobs let the girls do all the work. This time, the hair and makeup are the key accessories, Jacobs said. The models looked more like Eighties New York dolls with helmet hair sculpted high into swooping flips, mohawks and bouffants. Every girl had a unique hair style and dramatically different make-up. The hair reminded me of "A Flock of Seagulls and the big shouldered jackets of Max Headroom or Klaus Nomis costumes. The cumulative effect of all that color, shine and glamour? Optimism! Jacobs clothes seemed to scream "Lets get this party started! Gianna Madrini, Style Editor - Global Fashion News http://www.globalfashionnews.com
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[globalfashionnews]

Yellow velvet dress 1:18 was featured in the storefront of Sex and the City 2 movie

[ToshiBecca]

Fun. Makes we want to sow and dance.

[JessicaBentleyyy]

gaga wore the dress at 1:27, love that dress.

this is genius