Marc Jacobs - My Introduction To Fashion

I suppose it was inevitable really, getting into fashion. After all i look up to photographers such as David Lachapelle, Annie Leibovitz and Mario Testino amongst others. If i want to be a fashion photographer an interest in fashion is somewhat important you would think.

I first discovered Marc Jacobs when an ex girlfriend expressed her wish to always smell of 'Basil' by Marc Jacobs. This was the first time i heard his name, it meant almost nothing to me, but the name stuck in my head. He is also the creative director of Louis Vuitton, apparently one of the most powerful gay men in the United States and one of the first top end designers to feature a plus size range.

In the coming months i started to get more and more interested in fashion, if not from Lachapelle's work, a much more recent ex girlfriend with a divided sense of fashion and my viewing of 'The September Issue'. I tried to show an interest in the ex's interests and i soon found myself flicking through her copies of Vogue at all the pretty adverts (which there many) and trying to dig up old Tom Ford and Givenchy items in charity shops to little or no avail.

But Marc Jacobs, as a designer i find very interesting. My personal favourite, not sure if its the way he spells his name, the really good smelling ex girlfriend or perhaps that he's actually very good at what he does. Considering my lack of pounds I've found myself being more and more drawn into the fashion world and find myself investing more and more in dapper threads.

And lastly, if there's any guys reading. 'Bang', the new-ish aftershave from Marc Jacob's when mixed with the smell of cigarettes and whiskey is a killer. Girls dig it, or so Ive been told. Remember that.

Check out his work at http://www.marcjacobs.com/