I Heart Marc Jacobs / Papa's Got A Brand New Bag...
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Pictures (clockwise from top left):
- Me holding on to my new Marc Jacobs patent leather overnight bag.
- Marc Jacobs, my favorite fashion designer "exposing" the new Stephen Sprouse collection of Louis Vuitton bags in Harper's Bazaar magazine.
- Me in my silver Marc Jacobs jeans at my 25th birthday party last July.
- My dream bag, the Louis Vuitton Stephen Spouse collection green graffiti carryall 50 bag.
- A better view of my Marc Jacobs bag.
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Ever since my post the other day about meeting fellow blogger Xem VanAdams I have gotten quite a few emails about the bag I was carrying in the picture I took with him. The bag was a Christmas gift to myself. It's a textured patent leather Marc by Marc Jacobs overnight/duffel bag. I use it to carry around all of my stuff. For a while now I've had my eyes peeled looking for a stylish, fashion forward, yet masculine bag to carry around (in my hand, never on my shoulder) for daily use. I wanted something nice without it looking like mama's big purse or like some rigid, boxy briefcase. I know some of us homos out here are actually carrying women's purses now, I don't knock it, hey, do you, but that's just not my style. As soon as I saw this bag it was love at first sight and I bought it on the spot. I should have known I'd love it. It was Marc.
I know I've never really talked much about fashion here before and I'm nobody's fashionista, but Marc Jacobs is my absolute favorite fashion designer. He started to pique my interest after I saw him on Oprah last year talking about his rise to fame and his work with Perry Ellis, the creation of his own lines, and his position as creative director for Louis Vuitton.
Upon further research on Marc I found out that we have three things in common. We're both openly gay men and native New Yorkers and we both attended the same high school, the High School of Art & Design, here in New York City. All of which make me love him more.
My first Marc Jacobs piece was a t-shirt of his I found at Century 21, then my silver jeans (pictured above) I bought for my silver themed 25th birthday party last July from his store here in New York and since then I've been hooked, buying more and more Marc stuff whenever I get the chance. Now that bags have become my new obsession I've set my sights on that Louis Vuitton Stephen Sprouse collection one with the green graffiti on it and as soon as I come up with a spare $1,600 I can get it. Until then I'll just dream about it.
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Playing In The Background...
"Stylin'"
by Foxy Brown
from the album "Ill Na Na 2: The Fever"
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