The image of Louis Vuitton’s leather coated model at the A/W catwalk dominated the pages of last month’s fashion glossies, along with Madonna’s blindingly airbrushed ad for the brand, and for so long, so many questioned its meaning, myself included. ‘What the hell is happening now, and how does this translate to the street.’ Thank god for Marc Jacobs and his love for the confused masses.
In his Fall/Winter campaign video, Jacobs provides the answer, and states it to be the result of a simple fiddling of fabric between a couple of the brand’s design team.
“We were thinking of all these different things like can-can dancers, and I saw this piece of fabric wrapped around Lucy’s head and said, Bunny ears, that’s what we need to finish this look.”
BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
It’s all well and good to design such things, but as we all know, it’s us fashion fans and Top Shop devotees that will find ourselves donning such attire and looking ridiculous in the city streets, not sheek and on-trend at the Met Ball, as was intended.
I am eagerly waiting to see the high street take on this look. Of couse, diluted it will be, but to what extent? So far Top Shop have caught onto the trend with a selection of bowed haired bands, nothing too extreme or humilating.
My verdict – APPROVED. Bows I can deal with, bunny ears I cannot.
