Marc Jacobs - 2003 S/S to 2009 S/S Women RTW - Conclusion

We come up with the following conclusions:

1. MJ is using more hues these years.
2. achromatic colors : black, white and grey must be present in each season's collection
3. a simple combination is adopted. for each outfit,the no. of colour is usually not more than 3.
4. MJ likes to use artificial colors.
5. MJ uses colors of high saturation every season, but the amount decreases in recent seasons.
6. Spring and Fall colors are related. the colors used in Fall collection are usually the colors of spring collection in a lower value ( with shade).
7. there is a trend that MJ tends to use colors in lower values.
8. MJ loves lavender , violet, brilliant red, turquoise, yellowish brown, khaki. they almost appear in every collection. BLACK, WHITE, GREY are the must.

Marc Jacobs - 2008 S/S & F/W Women RTW - Comparison with competitor

2008 Christian Dior Fall /Winter

Colour: Shocking Red, Shocking Pink, Sharp Orange, Sharp Purple , dark Turquoise, yellowish-khaki , black, white

fabrics : Satin, Fur, Silk

comparison : both of the collection involved a lot of black and white, while grey is the color that Jacobs always love. MJ still sticked to the pastel colors while CD tried some sharp colors.Christian Dior 2008 S/S

Color used: Shocking red, pastel turquoise, khaki, brown, shocking orange, black, white

fabric: silk, satinpattern: leopard skin, zebra skinc

omparison: both of MJ and CD use pastel colors in soft fabrics to create a feminine soft figure.it seemed that pastel color and soft figure was the trend of the season.

Marc Jacobs - 2008 Women RTW - Overall colour analysis

Here is a summary of colours of MJ 2008.

More is coming up! ( the shades of black and grey and metallic colors )

Comparing S/S and F/Wsome of the colors like turquoise, lavender and pale pink are repeated used,this kind of colors give a feeling of softness, comfort and femininity.Khaki are often used, too.the color of the 2 collections are quite similar actually. Except that in the F/W collection there are some metallic colors.

Marc Jacobs - 2008 S/S Women RTW - Color Analysis 2

One more pointed noted is that, marc jacobs displays the color of the same hue but different values in the same outfits. and throughout the collection, hue of different values and intensities are used in the outfits, usually in a small portion, decorating a black majority. violet and turquoise are mostly used.

Marc Jacobs - 2008 F/W Women RTW - Color Analysis

Although it shall be a cold winter, Marc Jacobs 's F/W collection appears that it shall be a warmer one. i do not know if it is because of the global warming problem, but it must be related to his S/S collection. Pastel color of both warm and cool colors: orange-pink, khaki, lavender, violet, turquoise and orange-red.

just like the S/S collection, black are often used with grey in various shade.grey in different shade in one outfit creates layering in a subtle way.

An image of formality, simplicity and elegance is moulded.but even if the majority is grey or black, MJ added bright colors to accessories and shoes.

The outfit is thus more playful.


Apart from pastel colors, metallic colors are also used.golden and silver color, some mixed with a bit of brown dark blue and grey, make the costume shiny and spendid.

Marc Jacobs - 2008 S/S Women RTW - Colour analysis 1

The first impression was that the collection was based on black and white. Iit was like a sheet of total white or black, decorated by colors, like a painting. Different styles emerge: simple elegance, royalty, playfulness...just depends on which colors appeared on the ' painting'! The decoration of a red heart at the bust.

Floral printing consisting of various colors

As the show was going on,more colors were coming on stage.adjacent complementary colors were used: redish violet x lavender x yellow in pastel form

Analogous colors were used : e.g turquoise matching pale yellow

Marc Jacobs - 2008 F/W Women RTW

Reference:http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2008RTW-MJACOBS/

NEW YORK, February 8, 2008
By Nicole Phelps

"We're ready, we're ready to start the show." That was Marc Jacobs himself, addressing the audience from the stage (stage, not runway) at 7:11 p.m. At 7:17, as Kevin Federline was still taking his seat in one of the makeshift, nightclub-style VIP booths not far from Selma Blair, Gretchen Mol, and Helena Christensen, Sonic Youth struck the first dissonant chord of "Jams Run Free," and Jacobs' first model walked out past the band. She wore a shawl-collar pouch-back coat in a shade that looked like camel, although we can't say for sure, concert lighting not being the best kind to illuminate such details. (One thing was immediately clear—whether he shows on a Friday or a Monday, it's always going to be an event.)

The day switch and that revolutionary mere-17-minutes-behind-schedule start time weren't the only changes since last season. If Spring was all about sex, overt sex specifically, this show—his old friend Kim Gordon's gyrations notwithstanding—had a willfully sedate quality.

Afterward, when asked about his inspirations, Jacobs replied, "I really wasn't very inspired this season. I just live my life." OK. When pressed, he offered a few more words: "Calm. Glamour. Casual. Beautiful women." Vague as that sounds, it was in fact an apt description for a collection that hinted at the eighties of Jacobs' early days in New York. It was there in the puffy headbands the models wore around their foreheads and the clubby atmosphere inside the Armory (some said it gave them Regine's, though the set's menacing scaffolding and the unsettling black-and-white images that played on a screen behind the band also suggested a more downtown environment). And it was there in the palette of soft pastels and grays and the relaxed (in terms of shape, not sensibility), somewhat masculine cut of the classic clothes.

Jacobs showed plain-front button-downs with straight skirts; almost preppy popcorn-knit sweaters with narrow shorts; a cashmere sweater that spelled out HARDCORE paired with baggy leather pants; and a thigh-length bomber over a full, shin-grazing skirt. But his big focus was jackets and coats, many of which came with vertical folds of fabric gathered in the back above wide, hip-slung sashes. Dresses, too, came with pronounced volumes at the back. For evening, their stiff folds were replaced by gold or silver lamé pantsuits (paging Loulou de la Falaise) and drippy bias-cut velvet gowns.

Was this collection, in its relative tameness and intriguing air of sexless safety, a rebuff of sorts to last season's detractors, who reprimanded Jacobs as much for his off-the-wall collection as for his perennial lateness? Could be. These clothes are challenging for different reasons than were the difficult transparent pieces he featured for Spring, but they'll be no less coveted. As for the show's accessories, women everywhere will have Jacobs to thank when other designers follow his lead and start producing a lower heel. That's the power of Jacobs' mystique.