Marc Jacobs Movies and Career Information

Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer and the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as a diffusion line, Marc by Marc Jacobs. Jacobs is also the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton. Marc Jacobs was born to a Jewish family in New York City, New York. He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, with his mother, sister and younger brother, where attended Teaneck High School; he also attended and graduated from the High School of Art and Design, located in New York City. At age fifteen, Jacobs worked as a stockboy at Charivari, a now-defunct avant-garde clothing boutique located in New York City. He later attended The New School, located in New York City, studying at the university's art and design division; he was also captain of the ballet team. Jacobs also studied at the Parsons School of Design, also located in New York City. During his time at Parsons, Jacobs won the Perry Ellis Gold Thimble Award in 1984, and in the same year was also awarded the Chester Weinberg Gold Thimble Award and the Design Student of the Year Award. While still at Parsons, Jacobs designed and sold his first line of hand-knit sweaters. He also designed his first