On the heels of Marc Jacobs’ jaw dropping exuberant presentation at the close of Paris Fashion Week, we cannot help but speculate about the content of Jacob’s summer reading list.
Rumors have been circulating about Marc Jacobs gathering his skirt and chucking up the deuces to Louis Vuitton to snatch up position as creative director for Dior.
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The question that begs to be asked is, was Jacobs’ famed carousel a subtle symbol of farewell to Louis Vuitton?
Jacobs’ LV show had almost everyone gawking in amazement, but left a few of us scratching our heads, attempting to dissect the symbolism behind the theme outside of its sheer beauty.
The LV Spring/Summer 12 line did not feature any designs in keeping with a carnival, nor did they boast the childhood innocence that is normally associated with a carousel. So why was it there?
Could this be a sign that Jacobs is jumping off the fashion merry-go-round of LV? No, it could never be that simple.
While other designers, like Lagerfeld for Chanel, were concentrating on the under the water theme, we have a keen sense that Jacobs had his nose in J.D. Salinger’s Catcher In The Rye, a novel that features one of the most prominent literary merry-go-rounds.
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The closing chapter of the 1951 novel contained a notably relevant carousel scene with some strong literary backing, and if Jacobs is as sly as we think he is, his show last night was a classy farewell.
In the novel, the carousel signifies the protagonist Holden Caulfield’s acceptance of his status as an adult when he suppresses his desire to board a carousel, a scene that critics of the book say symbolizes Holden’s letting go of his childhood and recognizing his new status as an adult.
Jacobs may be recognizing his new status as the creative director of Dior and letting go of his status at LV. The carousel in the book takes place in a peculiarly magical scene because it is operating in the snow (ahem! white carousel at LV show.)
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Carousels are also symbolic because they stay rotation, while those riding the carousel continue to grow older. The carousel, which we speculate to symbolize LV, will remain the same ― in constant rotation without Jacobs, who presumably has grown too big for the brand.
Has the moment come for Jacobs to dismount the LV carousel? Only time can tell.
—Rachel Hislop
