This year’s New York Fashion Week, save for the Cardi B—the ‘B’ is for Brawl—fight with Nicki Minaj, was pretty dull as fashion weeks go, but there was another bit of drama.
Marc Jacobs normally gets to be NYFW’s big “closer” but this year the honor went to Rihanna’s Fenty show and it looked like Marc Jacobs ALLEGEDLY turned it into a pity petty party.
Jacobs’ runway show was set to start at 6PM but for some reason was delayed for ninety minutes, leading many to assume the designer was simply out to ruin Rihanna’s show. See, Jacobs shows typically run like clockwork, but this year, with Rihanna snagging the grand finale did Jacobs delay his Manhattan show so people wouldn’t be able to get to Rihanna’s Brooklyn show by its 7:30 PM start time?
Booth Moore, from the Hollywood Reporter, tweeted about Jacobs’ delay, sharing an image of some of the designer’s empty front-row seats as many in attendance, annoyed by the late start, beat feet to Rihanna’s gig. Still, many celebs stayed to await the late Marc Jacobs, including Nicki Minaj, Emily Ratajkowski, Sofia Coppola and Anna Wintour, although Nuclear Wintour was seen pacing and making phone calls before finally taking her seat as the show started.
Jacobs took to Instagram, as they do these days, to explain his tardiness:
“I sincerely apologize to anyone and everyone who was inconvenienced by my lateness at our Spring/Summer 2019 fashion show. For anyone interested, below is not a list of excuses but rather a list of facts. I fully understand people have plans, lives, commitments, flights, families to return to, etc and that I fully RESPECT …
1. The night before the show at midnight, I believed that we would absolutely be starting at 6pm, as planned and it was my intention to do so.
2. At 3:30pm on the day of the show, I became aware that we would most likely be an hour late. In good faith and hope it was communicated that the show would start at 630pm and that was a mistake.
3. After years of being beyond punctual and once again, with every intention of remaining so, the fact is, more is always expected from us with fewer and fewer resources. That is not unique to me personally or us as a company. I have learned that I need to adjust to our realities.
4. It was my wishful thinking that we could accomplish all that needed to be done for this show with the circumstances we faced. I was wrong. Not because everyone didn’t make every effort or give it their all and more, life is just that way sometimes. I’ve always been told that, “if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” With our shows, I always strive to present 7-10 minutes of live fashion theatre that hopefully makes some kind of statement or touch the audience in some way both aesthetically and emotionally. I think we all have to be a little more sensitive and flexible to the fragile state of the live experience.
I hope anyone reading this will reflect on my thoughts as I have on yours.
Sincerely and respectfully,
Marc”
Notice, though, that all his explanations never fully explained why he was late. My money is on the diva-ness of it all, given that he was always the closer and now that upstart Rihanna has taken his place.
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That Ronan chin, the smile, the nose, even those ol' blue eyes - yup, if he's not Woody's son then Soon-Yi! ......sorry, I mean SUE ME!
ReplyDeletemuch of today's garbage has passed their prime. except for ronan farrow; he's frank's kid - look at the eyes and face!
ReplyDeletefaye who? kristen who? SJP who?
Ronan Farrow looks more like Sinatra than Allen but then whose child would you rather be; Sinatra or Allen? No contest; Allen is a pervert and not very funny into the bargain.
ReplyDeleteOoooh, Oinkfestpalooza! I can see Sinatra in Ronan. I also see his mother. Woody Allen? Not at all, and it's not because I never could stand that rotten, whiny little pipsqueak.
ReplyDeleteBad subjects, good snark!
They must all be using Rosanne's access of Ambien.
ReplyDeletehmmmm, a paternity test??
ReplyDeleteOkay, from the top:
ReplyDeleteI actually thought that was Kathy Griffin wearing a blonde wig, not Sarah Jessica... what's her name.
Is that a chipmunk up Marc's ass? Or, does his prose always make him walk funny.
As I said before, Les Moonves ship started sinking when he cancelled Star Trek.
OMG - another picture with Sarah Jessica... who?
And she is Faye Dunaway... dammit... she can't help she's aging poorly.
Woody used to make funny movies, until he hit his mid-life crisis, now he's just really sad.