The house was bubble-gum pink. The narration heard through Dr. Dre headphones was based on a 1976 shortfilm, “The Girl Chewing Gum.” Coincidence? Most likely. In describing the gigantic three-wing house he commissioned as the centerpiece of his spring collection, Marc Jacobs likened the facade’s hue to Pepto-Bismol.
The two relate in that both were major elements in Jacobs’ wonderfully weird show on Thursday. A major showman, he staged for spring a performance-art piece worked around a stellar collection based on a single, mundane concept: uniforms. It started with the colors — “They’re kind of invisible colors,” Jacobs said during a preview. “Then, I started thinking about uniforms and decoration and anonymity and the idea of uniforms and youth culture. Uniforms used to be a symbol of rebellion and protest. And now, it doesn’t mean anything. It’s just what you wear.”
