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News Archive for Marc Jacobs

NEWS 09.09.09 12:23 PM

In the News: Virtual Trade Shows Thrive, Industry Still Prefers Face-to-Face

Rise in Virtual Trade Shows Predicted: A lengthy feature in the October issue of Wired highlights the many ways people and businesses are using technology to get satisfactory results with minimal budgets. One trend on the rise is virtual trade shows, where vendors send avatars into cyberspace to meet with potential clients and customers. It's not a new concept, but analysts expect 5,000 online expos in 2010, a 500 percent increase from 2009. [Wired]

Planners Still Favor Person-to-Person: Virtual trade shows, meetings, and conferences may be on the rise, but they are facing a bit of resistance from industry professionals. At the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International's recent Affordable Meetings National and Event Technology Expo, attendees in a poll said they used technology for marketing efforts and presentations but still avoided virtual meetings. Among the key conference elements they thought got lost in translation were spontaneous networking, identifying attendees, and a free and open dialogue between all parties. Many also noted that the available technologies still weren't up to snuff to hold a seamless virtual event. [Reuters] MORE >>

Virtual Meetings, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International, Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Fashion Week, Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, MTV Video Music Awards

EVENT REPORT 05.06.09 11:53 AM

Costume Institute Gala Puts Models on the Red Carpet, in the Decor, and in El Morocco-Style Banquettes

Dinner at the Costume Institute gala
Photo: Don Pollard/Metropolitan Museum of Art

FROM NEW YORK The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gala returned Monday night, seemingly unfettered by the recession, previous reports of low ticket sales, and some last-minute tabloid drama inspired by the institute's latest exhibition, "The Model as Muse." The night drew a sold-out crowd of 650, including Victoria Beckham, Madonna, and Rihanna.

But it was the models who seemed to take up most of the spots on the red carpet this year. Co-chair Kate Moss arrived on the arm of honorary chair Marc Jacobs, and aside from a few absences—Stephanie Seymour and Naomi Campbell publicly boycotted the gala for the exhibition's exclusion of designer Azzedine Alaïa—the guest list featured most of the industry's biggest icons, including Cindy Crawford, Iman, and Twiggy.

Vogue special events director Stephanie Winston Wolkoff returned to produce the gala, planning over a period of nearly nine months with Met vice president for development and membership Nina Diefenbach, deputy chief development officer for events Kristin MacDonald, and deputy chief special events officer Ashley Potter Bruynes. MORE >>

Costume Institute, Costume Institute Gala, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Anna Wintour, Marc Jacobs, Kate Moss, Justin Timberlake

NEWS 11.24.08 12:46 PM

Luxury Brands Continuing With Parties—But Discretely

FROM NEW YORK Luxury brands are finally starting to feel the crunch of the current economic crisis, and though the first tangible effects seem to be dramatic cuts in advertising, parties might soon follow, The New York Times reported today.

According to MasterCard SpendingPulse, consumer spending on luxury items dropped 20.1 percent in October alone, making it the first month in 2008 that the industry started suffering like most others. Cost-cutting measures were quickly put into effect. Advertising pages for luxury brands in December magazines are down 22 percent from last year, and the recent cancellation of Marc Jacobs' lavish annual holiday party points to a trend that event marketing may soon head south too. MORE >>

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NEWS 11.20.08 8:00 AM

Marc Jacobs Settled Fashion Week Bribery Allegations for $1 Million

FROM NEW YORK According to multiple news outlets (including Crain’s and The Wall Street Journal), Marc Jacobs International paid $1 million to settle allegations that it used bribery to snag preferential booking during New York Fashion Week from the former superintendent of the 69th Regiment Armory, James Jackson.

Almost 10 months after the story broke, the New York Attorney General’s office announced yesterday that Jackson pled guilty to larceny and bribery for demanding payments from Jacobs for more than eight years. Jacobs has not commented on the announcement, but his firm issued a statement today acknowledging that it paid $1 million in a civil settlement back in February: “We have already taken and will continue to take steps to avoid incidents of this nature in the future." MORE >>

Marc Jacobs, Fashion Week

NEWS 11.04.08 5:24 PM

Ax Falls on ABC News, Viacom, Marc Jacobs Holiday Fetes, While News Corp. Parties On

FROM NEW YORK Dispatches from the great holiday party flush of 2008 continue. After word came last week that ABC News joined media groups like Hearst by dropping its annual bureau parties in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, big celebrations for Marc Jacobs and Viacom officially fell off the schedule over the past 24 hours, while the rumored cancellation of the News Corps. party proved a bit of an overreaction.

In an email from Viacom heads Philippe Dauman and Tom Dooley published by Gawker, the duo took the release of the company’s third quarter results as an opportunity to drop the holiday-party bomb. The cancellation probably won’t upset too many staffers though: In lieu of divisional or corporate celebrations, Viacom staffers—at least those who are still around after this week’s anticipated round of layoffs—get an extra two days of vacation between December 22 and January 1. MORE >>

News Corp., ABC News, Viacom, Hearst Corporation, Corporate Holiday Parties, Marc Jacobs, Rodale

NEWS 10.15.08 11:22 AM

Marc Jacobs Bringing "Rock and Roll Circus" to the Rainbow Room

FROM NEW YORK Invitations to Marc Jacobs and Robert Duffy’s annual holiday party went out last week. The event always inspires lavish decor and even more extravagant costumes, so the chosen theme of “Rock and Roll Circus” should give producers and guests a lot to work with.

Returning for a second year at New York's Rainbow Room, WWD reports, the December 10 event will draw inspiration from the Rolling Stones, Yoko Ono, and Marianne Faithfull—and not Diesel, whose 30th anniversary party of the exact same name was held Saturday night. Previous themes have included “Venetian Carnivale Masquerade” and last year’s “Arabian Nights,” where Jacobs memorably spent the party dressed in a massive, furry camel toe costume. —Michael O'Connell

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