In his four decades as one of American fashion’s most prolific and dynamic figures, #MarcJacobs has weathered personal storms and professional crises, and come back stronger each time. At 63, Jacobs isn’t the most successful American designer of his generation by certain definitions—not the most ubiquitous nor the richest—but he may be the most inspiring, and the most beloved. “A North Star,” as #SofiaCoppola puts it. #ThomBrowne calls him “one of the pillars of American fashion.” And now there’s close to a billion dollars on the line that everything he touches will once again become a thing. In Jacobs’s first interview since his label was acquired for an estimated $850 million, Vanity Fair’s José Criales-Unzueta gets the full story. Link in bio.