The first session in 'Vogue' Global Conversations, a four-day virtual conference hosted by the magazine, saw Jacobs in conversation with Edward Enninful about the future of creativity.
Author:Ana ColónPublish date:Apr 14, 2020This week, Vogue is hosting a series of talks virtually, through Zoom, between global editors-in-chief — like the U.K.'s Edward Enninful, Spain's Eugenia de la Torriente and China's Angelica Cheung — and influential figures in the fashion industry across the globe, from designers to executives.
"It's life that stimulates and provides a catalyst for what me and my team create each season, so I wouldn't say [self-isolation is] the most creative place to be," he explained. "It all just feels like a terrible, terrible episode of 'Black Mirror.'" Jacobs is concerned about our dependence on technology and screens — an issue that pre-dates the pandemic, he said — and how that will continue to affect the way we interact not just with each other, but with the world around us. "People coming to shows and holding up iPhones and iPads... making the live experience obsolete, in a way," he listed as an example of how this manifested before the world was in lockdown.
His legendary fashion shows are also coming into question: "We certainly won't be showing it that way [we had been.] Already, last season, very few people came to New York, very few people showed in New York. The idea of everybody getting on a plane, coming to a show — from models to makeup artists to editors to journalists — that's just unrealistic to think about right now.
Jacobs's most recent collection, Fall 2020, closed New York Fashion Week in February. However, he said it wasn't able to go into production, because of the global shutdown. It went to a showroom in Paris for buyers to see and place orders, but many buyers left Paris Fashion Week early, as the coronavirus continued to spread through Europe, and no orders were placed, he explained.
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