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• Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer known for the clothing lines Marc Jacobs and the less expensive Marc By Marc Jacobs. A favorite among celebrities, Jacobs' ad campaigns have featured Michael Stipe, Sofia Coppola and Victoria Beckham.

  People Magazine reported on March 18, 2009, that Jacobs and his boyfriend Lorenzo Martone are engaged. The couple have been dating for a year.People: Marc Jacobs Gets Engaged! (March 18, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: April 9, 1963
  2. Birthplace: New York City
  3. Attended: Parsons School of Design in New York City
  4. Founded Jacobs Duffy Designs in 1984
  5. Worked for Perry Ellis
  6. Named CFDA Women's Designer of the Year in 1992
  7. Named Louis Vuitton artistic director in 1997
  8. Created Marc By Marc Jacobs in 2001
  9. March 2009: Became engaged to ad executive boyfriend Lorenzo Martone

• The Jacobs Journey

  Jacobs began his love for fashion as a stockboy working in an avant-garde boutique at the age of fifteen. Soon after he attended Parsons School of Design in New York and during his schooling won the Perry Ellis Award in 1984. While in school, Jacobs began designing hand-knit sweaters and soon found himself working at Perry Ellis. In 1986 Jacobs designed his first full collection under the label Marc Jacobs.

• Jacobs on Jacobs

  Jacobs on his clothes..."what I prefer is that even if someone feels hedonistic, they don't look it. Curiosity about sex is much more interesting to me than domination... My clothes are not hot. Never. Never."

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