On Feb. 9, Marc Jacobs debuted their Fall 2026 collection showcasing a series of structured looks that completely hid any curve on the model’s body. Now, Marc Jacobs is no stranger to structured looks, I mean, just take a look at the garments from his 2024 Runway collection.
He has always loved to play with the shape of his pieces, creating oversized silhouettes that are an antonym to tailored. This year’s most recent collection, though, sticks with the basics: blocky, squared looks, particularly blocky skirts, instead of decadent figures.
Marc Jacobs wanted the show and collection to be about honoring the past.
He wrote in his show notes, “Surfacing on their own, memories shape, influence and inform. Free from nostalgia, recovering the past also reminds us that loss is inevitable and that hope is work. Memories, both bittersweet and beautiful, are a faculty of purpose influencing current and future actions- who we are, what we create, what we leave behind and what we carry forward. We allow our senses and instincts to guide us, respecting the appearance of these thoughts by preserving them.”
Marc Jacobs set the nostalgic tone of the show from the very beginning as Björk’s 1997 song “Joga” began to play as soon as the runway began. Throughout the show, he made tribute to iconic collections of the past like the harsh lines referencing the Yves Saint Laurent 1965 Couture designs, the button-down blouses alluding to Marc by Mac Jacobs Spring 2003, plaid suits inspired by the Perry Ellis Spring 1993 show and even starting the show with a choker V-neck sweater that looks like it came out straight from 2016.
Not to mention, one can’t help but see the resemblance between the skirt sets paired with opaque tights or boots shown in the runway and the emblematic 1990’s office looks we saw three decades ago, with icons like Rachel Green from “Friends” or Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. It seems as though Jacobs wants to stray next fall’s fashion away from extravagance and go back to the classics.
I have to admit, in a time when our bodies seem to be the center of attention, and women are supposed to add and loose curves in strategic places depending on what the trends dictate every season, it is refreshing to see designers hide our figure and deviate the attention from the models’ appearance to the designs and garments instead.
Jacobs’ concept reminds me of the drop-waist dresses from the 1920’s women began to wear after growing sick of corsets and uncomfortable silhouettes that would showcase their figure. Just like in the 1920’s, it is freeing to walk down the street without constant eyes on your figure, because the only person you have to please with your clothes is you.
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