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Article: The 7 wonders of Marc ; With the first Marc Jacobs store opening in the UK, Susie Rushton salutes the designer's signature styles
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 22, 2007
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Here's a challenge: when the new Marc Jacobs shop opens at the
beginning of next month in London's Mayfair - the first in the UK -
try to leave without finding at least one item that you really,
really want. We think you won't.
Marc Jacobs' broad appeal, and eye for the kind of fashion
accessory that incites rampant materialistic desire in women from
Lisbon to Liverpool, has made him the industry's golden boy. For the
past decade, his collections have been the favourite "source" of
ideas for the British high street, so his designs are among the most
familiar in the world. Not that this has devalued the appeal of the
genuine article. In 2001, Winona Ryder was famously moved to pinch
an ...