Marc Jacobs Releases a Polysexual Collection

While gender and sexuality continues to be a pivotal topic in the year 2020, designer Marc Jacobs is not holding back in his recent collection that he just dropped which celebrates polysexuality. (A polysexual person is someone who is attracted to multiple genders and identities.) The new collection titled “Heaven” focuses on teenage daydreams, alienation nation, queer youth, candy ravers, apocalypse sugar and toxic shock valley girls while playing homage to the films of the new queer pioneer Gregg Araki, the pushy sculptures of Mike Kelley and artist Cindy Sherman. The shopper can decide what is right for them as the items are not intended toward a specific gender.

This correlates to Marc Jacobs’ messaging for his audience, which goes back to the designer’s past themes exploring subversion, girls who are boys and boys who are girls, those who are neither, and other multifaceted characters in the Marc Jacobs world. In the past, the designer has touched on gender fluidity in all spaces from fashion to beauty: He has advocated for men wearing makeup, spoken about being boxed in by labels and identifications and is a proud feminist. In the world of Marc Jacobs, you can be whoever you want and ignore societal norms of what’s expected.

The “Heaven” collection celebrates individuality and enigmatic personalities in all forms. The campaign was shot by Larissa Hofmann and styled by Danielle Emerson. Up and coming stars such as Iris Law, Jyrell Roberts, Vegyn, fashion darling Lily McMenany and more are featured in the ads. Shoichi Aoki, creator of legendary street style bible FRUiTS, created the Marc Jacobs lookbook and best of all the “Heaven” line starts at an affordable price point. Shop the new releases.

Photo Credits: Marie Claire

Report: Juana Norales