Joan Jett meets Dita Von Teese at Marc Jacobs at New York Fashion Week 2013

At this year’s NYFW, Marc Jacobs didn’t disappoint with a catwalk full of 1940s-era glam, from pencil skirts to fur stoles to even a few menswear inspired pieces. The clothes in many cases were Dita Von Teese-esque, that is to say covered up old Hollywood sexy, and in some cases with modern updates like a wiggle dress made entire of black fur. There were also other fur dresses and fur pieces that had a more 1960s-reminiscent A line shape. There was also some pinstripe action going on in the form of boxy blazers and high-waisted short shorts.

The only downside to all this beauty (for me) was not having the time to capture each look—there were dozens! However, I ended up choosing four from photos I saw on style.com that I thought reflected the overall mood of the collection.

Perhaps even more than the clothes, what’s also gotten a lot of attention so far is the makeup worn by the models—smokey eyes, understated lips and the short Joan Jett wigs worn by each of them. Frankly I was impressed how well such a badass haircut went with the sparkly evening gowns. Seriously tempted to cut my hair!

8 Comments

  2. Swati Ailawadi
    Swati Ailawadi on February 21, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    These four pretty much sum up the collection for me too. Nicely illustrated and I like how you have referenced Dita Von Tesse here, new observation. And yes even I fell in love with the wigs. Plus I can see this is a much talked about collection, as I was talking about Lily McMenamy’s ‘toplessness’ back on my blog.

    Swati @ The Creative Bent

  3. Synne
    Synne on February 21, 2013 at 12:26 pm

    I love the mental image of “Joan Jett meets Dita von Teese”, and your illustrations are top notch! Short hair can look sooooo good. Go for it! Hug from Paris!

  4. Sunny
    Sunny on February 21, 2013 at 1:00 am

    very nice illustration Sabina~! 🙂

    I love this season’s Marc Jacobs show, very impressive!

  6. Jasmine
    Jasmine on February 18, 2013 at 12:35 am

    love it!

  7. Victoria
    Victoria on February 17, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    wow Sabina..always fabulous visiting your beautifulrealm of art and creative magic! Gorgeous..I would wera all of the above..fantastic!
    victoria

  8. fashionbater
    fashionbater on February 17, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    you have such talent and taste.
    amazing sketches!
    marc jacobs was definitely one of my favorites- not only for the garments, the beauty aspect left me gasping.
    the beautifully cut wigs? gorgeous! the eyes…dreamy…
    i too am tempted to cut my hair…but that would mean straightening it as well…
    eek. too high maintenance. i could totally see you rocking the look.
    what a lovely contrast to your pin up/vintage beauty.