I Don’t Think Marc Jacobs Was Fired From Perry Ellis...

Spring / Summer 1993 Perry Ellis was called 'Grunge'. It was ravaged by critics and widely panned for being something already on sale at K mart, however I don't believe it to be the reason Marc was fired from Perry Ellis. You see, they explicitly took him on as a young buzzy designer as a last chance to regain the heft the brand had once had. His job was to make a lot of commotion. But the first time he successfully managed that he was let go? Suspicious. Further to that his grunge aesthetic was continued into fur and menswear in collections after he 'left'??? Yeah, I don't think he was fired so much as the two entities saw this as great opportunity for something more 0:00 Intro 0:37 Ch.1: Pre-Perry 4:52 Ch.2: Post-Perry 8:24 Ch.3: Marc Jacobs 13:37 Ch.4: Flop Jacobs 19:46 Ch.5: Grunge 24:25 Ch.6: Profiteering 30:51 Ch.7: Perpetuating Beauty Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@underskinYT Patreon: patreon.com/understitch BUY MY BOOKS: ISABELLA BLOW BOOK: https://amzn.to/3ReT95M CHANEL BOOK: https://amzn.to/3WGDyi3 Unless otherwise obvious, photos in this video are from Getty Images or Alamy under their editorial terms used for non-commercial websites, blogs and social media posts illustrating matters of public interest.