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Marc Jacobs surprises with paper doll-inspired 40th anniversary show
Despite expectations, collection presented in Manhattan was no greatest hits affair
All week on social media, Marc Jacobs has been commemorating the 40th anniversary of his brand, including releasing a celebratory campaign starring Cindy Sherman, and a viral video featuring the 60-year-old designer trying and failing to blow out the candles on a dangerously blazing cake. They also wore large wigs which, according to the show’s hairstylist, Duffy, were created in homage to the Supremes, whose influence was felt in the final series of gorgeous 1970s-style bell-sleeved dresses in shimmering gold sequins and palettes. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/WWD/Getty ImagesSome in the audience felt the influence of the Emma Stone movie Poor Things; others saw in the 1970s dresses and interpreted the hair as a reference to the bouffants worn by Naomi Watts as Babe Paley in Feud: Capote vs The Swans, the fashion-forward Ryan Murphy show on Netflix in the US.
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