Marc Jacobs’ new campaign is dedicated to those who challenge the status quo through their words and actions, in the wake of the Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting last week. As well as featuring the likes of Sissy Spacek and Genesis P-orridge, the campaign also featured a number of musicians including Marilyn Manson, Courtney Love, and Missy Elliott, as well as St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, and more.
In a series of Instagram posts each musician is featured in a photo that highlights what they mean to Jacobs. Courtney Love represents revolution, Marilyn Mason is brains and beauty, while Missy Elliott is “Supa Dupa Fly”.
“With my abundance of respect for Courtney Love’s musical contributions to grunge/rock culture and her status as this sort of, Grunge Goddess, it was her mesmerizing and extraordinarily moving portrayal of Althea in the film, The People vs Larry Flynt that simultaneously broke my heart and won my love,” says Love’s post.
On Manson’s image, Jacobs writes, “Ironically, I met Marilyn Manson on Halloween in Los Angeles shortly after the release of his album, Antichrist Superstar in 1996. It was after meeting him that I started listening to his music- in large part because I was intrigued by his persona and curious about his perverse and incredible intellect.”
And on Missy Elliott, Jacobs highlights her energic music style and how it has affected him. “From the moment I heard, The Rain, back in 1997, I was entranced by the genius rhythms and brilliant rhymes of Missy Elliott. Missy’s music has kept me and my design team happily energized through countless weekdays, weeknights and weekends during those long hours of sketching, fitting, styling and doing looks. In addition to the boundless energy of her music are the visually pulsating and wildly cartoon-like music videos she made in collaboration with the talented and visionary, Hype Williams. I am in continued awe of Missy’s ability to push the boundaries of the style of music both to the eye and to the ear.”
