It’s rare for each issue of Vogue to have its own launch party, but Vogue’s December 2024 issue is more than just an issue. This issue was designed by none other than Marc Jacobs, Vogue US’s first-ever guest editor. Additionally, cover star Kaia Gerber is depicted in two striking ways (photo by Steven Meisel and portrait by Anna Weyant), and Jacobs’ Frank Lloyd Wright home is painted by Gregory Crewdson. The entire magazine culminates in an imposing photograph. Portrait of a Brussels Griffon (the latest Dawg, IYKYK) wearing a Chanel Haute Joyeilly bracelet as a choker. A party has been held!
“I can’t believe I’m saying this, but this is my fourth time on the cover of American Vogue, and I have to say that it gets more special each time.” said Gerber to a room filled with many bold words. Names of those who lent their time, words, camera lenses and faces to the publication of the latest issue: Grace Coddington, Edith Zimmerman, Dana Spiotta, Pat McGrath, Gregory Crewdson and Alastair McKim etc. are among the names). In fact, the party itself, held at Bibliothèque, a library-themed bar on Mercer Street, served as an extension of the themes in the magazine’s pages, particularly the power of a good book. (along with her best friend Alyssa Reeder).
“When you’re in a career where there’s so much attention and not attention, Mark, to be looked at like this by you. Anna, from you. And the word Dana means a lot,” Gerber continued. . “And in a world where we’re all staring at each other and pointing at each other right now, I want to remind everyone to try to look at each other a little bit more.” -I continued reading excerpts from the letter I wrote to Mill.
Then it was Jacobs’ turn to speak. “I think I’ll try my best with a broken microphone and long fingernails,” he says before sharing a moving passage from Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet.” joked with his nails.
The short event, which also saw Jacobs manicure brandishing a Sharpie and signing the December issue with Gerber, drew guests for a moment of lightness and beauty, perhaps for the first time since last week’s election. What about the fit? Marc Jacobs prints and looks from past seasons were scattered throughout the space, including the Minnie Mouse-eyed Colby Mughrabi that Gerber wore in this issue. “She even brought double-sided tape for them!” exclaimed Lazaro Hernandez, who seized a roll of glue to show Jacobs as evidence.
