MONDAYS WITH MARC

Just how many Met Galas has Marc Jacobs attended? A few of his favorite guests recount fanciful nights at the museum-past and present.

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KATE MOSS When I first met Marc, I remember thinking that he was so cool, so cute. I walked in his Perry Ellis show in 1992, that historic collection that got him fired but was later celebrated as way ahead of its time. All the major girls were there; it was really exciting, and you could feel a buzz in the air. In London we had our own version of grunge that my friends and I were all wearing, so when I saw the collection I wasn’t shocked. It was more like relief. Like, Someone else gets it. Marc is always pushing the boundaries of what is new.

Everybody rallied around Marc when he started his own collection. We would get dressed and do hair and makeup in one place, then we would run through SoHo and do the show in another place. They were very exciting times. We knew that he was amazing, so we all supported him. Marc was always more than a colleague.

When I hosted the Met Gala in 2009 with Marc [for “The Model as Muse”], it was like an out-of-body experience. I felt like we were naughty children rebelling against the grown-ups. The gold dress with the turban became sort of an iconic outfit for me.

I think a lot of Marc’s success has to do with his knowledge of fashion history and how he always takes the past and puts it into the present. We used to have so much fun and so many laughs, and we still do.