Not President Trump’s recent blame-the-press conference; the Marc Jacobs show. This designer’s singular skill, after all, is discerning which way the wind is blowing and capturing that moment in cloth. On Thursday, Mr. Jacobs brought New York Fashion Week to a close with a disconcertingly depressing if very well-merchandised ode to the documentary “Hip-Hop Evolution” and a moment in time when everything changed. In the cavernous 67th Street Armory, empty but for two long lines of folding chairs set up to form a corridor-cum-runway, Mr. Jacobs turned off the sound: The show was absent both music and the clicks of cellphones. Mr. Jacobs himself disappeared around the corner, trailing an insinuation in his wake: Hah!

Source: New York Times February 16, 2017 23:37 UTC