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Photos: Marc Jacobs

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    “He doesn’t take himself too seriously, but then he can make these really beautiful, high-luxury things,” observes Sofia Coppola.

    “Those two qualities are usually not contained in one person.” The designer, photographed in New York.

    Fashion Editor: Grace Coddington.

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    HIT PARADE

    Highlights from Jacobs’s tenure at Vuitton, including (top left) an embellished coat from fall 2003 and (bottom right) two transparent nurses’ dresses with Richard Prince printed slips, from spring 2008.

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    SWEET CONFECTIONS

    “The idea of lightness, prettiness, gentleness,” says Jacobs of the inspiration behind his spring collectsion for Louis Vuitton.

    In this story: hair, Julien d’Ys; makeup, Stéphane Marais. Set design, Mary Howard.