Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs was born in New York City on April 9, 1963. Jacobs' life was flipped upside down when his father died of ulcerative colitis at the age of seven, a condition that Jacobs also had. According to Jacobs, his mother's reaction to his father's death was abysmal, leading to a life of power dating and unsuccessful marriages that wreaked havoc on the family. Jacobs and his siblings were forced to move to a different home after each remarriage, hopping from New Jersey to Long Island and then the Bronx.

Jacobs remained committed to his ambitions of being a well-known designer. He was attending the High School of Art and Design during the day and working at the expensive clothes boutique Charivari after school by the age of 15. In between folding items and dressing mannequins, the team at Charivari enabled their young stockboy to create sweaters for the store. Jacobs was accepted to the prestigious Parsons School for Design, where he distinguished himself among his peers by winning the Perry Ellis Gold Thimble Award and Design Student of the Year after graduation in 1984. He designed his first collection for the label Sketchbook for Reuben Thomas shortly after graduation, at the age of 21.

Nationality: American
Born: April 9, 1963
Career: the head designer of Marc Jacobs