Marc Jacobs & the tweet from Jim Shi, a fashion journalist, right from the soiree

I kid you not. He wore a bubblegum pink mid-calf length T-shirt dress, teaming it with a black clutch and pirate shoes with large diamante buckles, to the opening of the “Louis Vuitton-Marc Jacobs: The Exhibition” in Paris on Weds night. Wanna see how he looked, and also pics from the event?

Inside Les Arts Décoratifs

Held at the prestigious Les Arts Décoratifs wing of the Louvre, the soiree was to celebrate the exhibition highlighting the contributions of Louis Vuitton and the maison’s artistic director of the past 15 years, Marc Jacobs, to the fashion/luxury industry.

Vintage trunks by Louis Vuitton himself (Photo Courtesy| Francois Goize for Women’s Wear Daily)
An array of 19th century dresses with enormous crinolines (Photo Courtesy| Francois Goize for Women’s Wear Daily)
Doll clothes illustrate the scope of 19th century wardrobe (Photo Courtesy| Francois Goize for Women’s Wear Daily)

The exhibition, opens on 9th March and continues until 16th September, 2012,  is spread out over two floors of the museum, with the work of Louis Vuitton on the first floor (mostly trunks) and, separated by more than a century, the work of Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton on the second floor (mostly handbags, shoes, clothes, collaborations and advertisements).

Designs by Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton (Photo Courtesy| Francois Goize for Women’s Wear Daily)
15 years of Louis Vuitton handbags, displayed chocolate-box style (Photo Courtesy| Francois Goize for Women’s Wear Daily)
A row of nurses toting handbags done in collaboration with artist Richard Prince (Photo Courtesy| Francois Goize for Women’s Wear Daily)

“Each has a vision that has changed the industry as a whole,” said Pamela Golbin, the exhibition’s curator, “They were in the right place at the right time.” It was the industrialization of the late 19th century that called for the need for trunks for new means of travel. While for Marc Jacobs, it was the opportunities presented by the globalization of fashion in the early 21st century, which he exploited perfectly, through theatrical seasonal fashion shows, to make the LV monogram, arguably, the most conspicuous fashion label the world over.

Another telling tweet from Jim Shi…
Celebrities attending the exhibition opening (from left to right): Dianna Agron, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kristen Stewart, Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Celebrities attending the exhibition opening (from left to right): Poppy Delevingne, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dasha Zhukova, Karlie Kloss, Natalia Vodianova

Present at this event were Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, models Karlie Kloss, model Poppy Delevingne, French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, former editor of Pop magazine (and oh, partner of Chealsea FC owner Roman Abromovich) Dasha Zhukova, Chinese actress and singer Fan Bingbing, Dianna Agron, Karl Lagerfeld, Miuccia Prada, supermodel Natalia Vodinova, actress  Catherine Deneuve and loads more.

Marc Jacobs in his pink dress!!
Marc Jacobs with architect and designer Peter Marino

SO, how did Marc Jacobs look? Rather fetching, I thought. No? Or, too attention-seeking? I mean, who can begrudge him for that antic? After the spectacular Louis Vuitton Autumn/Winter 2012 show he pulled out of the hat earlier in the day, and he was the man of the hour, after all…

P.S.: I just found out that the pink

dress

T-shirt’s from Comme des Garçons Homme Plus S/S’12. So what? It’s still a girly outfit, no?