---------- FashionFirstLunchLater: Even Marc has to cut down during these frail Times

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Even Marc has to cut down during these frail Times


Late last Friday, Marc Jacobs announced that in addition to canceling his much-loved and hyped fashion show after party, he is also going to be cutting his show guest list by 60 percent. Instead of the usual 1,200 guests, there will be only 700; and oppose to the usual 900 standing in rafters, the standing only sections will be cut down to 200 which will largely be reserved for employees, making Marc Jacobs extravagance during fashion week even more more alluring.
“This isn’t the time to spend the money to entertain the entire world,” Robert Duffy, president of Marc Jacobs International, “Everybody thinks it costs the same money to entertain 500 people as opposed to 2,000. It doesn’t. All those 2,000 people still need to be seated, they still need to check in, this one needs this, that one needs that, and you know what? It’s very costly.”

Does this mean celebrity front row seating will be cut down too?

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