Marc Jacobs is killing his new campaigns!
Besides appearances from Cher, Willow Smith, and Winona Ryder, the designer just unveiled his latest muse…
Bette Midler!
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MJ announced to the big news of his Spring 2016 star to his Instagram on Thursday, along with a peek at the 70-year-old beauty’s ad (above)!
He also wrote a sweet tribute to the iconic singer:
“What a privilege it is to know your heroes.
My earliest memory of Bette Midler was somewhere around the age of nine years old. I remember (at that young precocious age) hearing about her performances in the basement of the Ansonia Hotel’s, Continental Baths. I vividly remember the genuine excitement and love I had for Bette’s music. I was curious and excited by her energy, power and the exuberance in her voice and bold, brassy glamour.
To this day, I still credit Bette Midler (unbeknownst to her) with a large part of my foray into fashion design. At age ten when I discovered the image drawn by Richard Amsel for her album cover, I was so instantly enamored by the silhouetted Bette in a black dress wearing platform sandals with a wedge of red curly hair that I recreated it on the back of a jean jacket with acrylic paint and embroidery floss and proudly wore it to school.”
How beautiful is that??
It only seems fitting the actress is one of the faces for the designer’s campaign — and we couldn’t be happier that she agreed!
Marc also continued to say while gushing about her:
“The onset of the spring/summer 2016 season began with my interest in the pride of being an American, however, I have always maintained that I’m a New Yorker above all else, a different breed entirely – one whom at nine years old is aware of the Continental Baths and more importantly the sexy, glamorous and sublime, Bette Midler.
After a conversation with Katie Grand about New York nostalgia she had recommended a documentary on the BBC that profiled Bette throughout her career and New York City. While I have always felt a certain connection with and influence by Bette, the moment that struck me so profoundly was a statement she made about her footprints from the past disappearing as she retraced old haunts of her once familiar New York. It all felt so relevant and apropos of the pieces of the yet-to-be collection that lay before me weeks before the show. It reminded me of the pride I felt in having the privilege of calling myself a born and raised New Yorker.
To her beauty, her brass, her glamour. To that energy, vitality, verve, nerve and curve…
I’m so happy to share this beautiful portrait by David Sims.
Ladies and Gentleman, the Divine Miss M!”
It sounds like Bette was just as excited about the new project, as she even took to Twitter on Friday:
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD! I have the pleasure and honor to be part of Marc Jacobs’ Spring Summer Campaign! https://t.co/5XxKA2J9B0
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) January 15, 2016
Aww!!
Congrats to you both!
[Image via David Sims/Marc Jacobs.]
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