Marc Jacobs was born on the Upper West Side of New York in 1963. He's one of the premier American designers. After high school, Jacobs attended Parsons School of Design. He heads his own line, Marc Jacobs, which was started in 1986 with business partner Robert Duffy, his diffusion line Marc by Marc Jacobs (2001), and was the artistic director of Louis Vuitton (1997-2013).