Fashion-ables News Update: The Fashion Industries Preparation for Marc Jacobs Lovefest

Marc Jacobs is a guy who can affect what direction of a fashion juggernaut by having a single silhouette. If some other designers are performing sleek and slim, he'll do big and pouf y. If everyone else is doing neutral colors, he'll go bold.

While he swaps out of the details in rapid fire, there is certainly almost unparalleled regularity, too: He likes surprises, takes risks, embraces showmanship, pairs patterns and textures, finds balance among artistry and commercialism, and sees the importance in a visual statement. There has been the grunge collections, the granny collections, harem pants, punk prom dresses and ultra-chic skirt suits. If they seem out of step with trends seen elsewhere on runways throughout a particular season, others come around in the weeks and months that follow, just when Jacobs is ready to move on again.



Jacobs have been chosen for the lifetime achievement winner, a title previously won by Michael Kors, Diane von Furstenberg, Donna Karan, Yves Saint Laurent and Geoffrey Beene, for whom the award is now named.He keeps the jaded industry on its toes – sometimes with a bit of arrogance. But editors, stylists, retailers and celebrities seem to stay firmly supportive Jacobs with continuous toasts to his talent. One of the biggest love fests will happen Monday at the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America awards, a splashy ceremony at Lincoln Center being hosted by Anderson Cooper with Lady Gaga receiving one of several prizes.

Jacobs, who already won several times in the competitive categories of women's wear, menswear and accessories, could go home double-listed: He is nominated as the year's best women's designer again, these times facing Alexander Wang and the design duo Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler. Wang and Proenza Schouler would be the new hipster guard, but they're not considered as influential or directional as Jacobs, who, at 48, isn't ready pass the torch.