Sofia Coppola is about to launch her first-ever documentary, a portrait of her longtime pal and collaborator, dressmaker Marc Jacobs.
Titled Marc by Sofia – a nod to the discontinued Marc by Marc Jacobs line – the movie will premiere out of competitors on the Venice Movie Pageant, which runs from 27 August-9 September 2025. This would be the first full-length documentary dedicated to Jacobs since Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton in 2007.
Jacobs and Coppola at Olympus Vogue Week, New York, Spring 2006
(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs / Rabbani and Solimene Images)
The venture builds on a decades-long friendship and inventive partnership between Coppola and Jacobs. Through the years, Coppola has appeared in quite a few campaigns for the Marc Jacobs label; she was photographed by Juergen Teller for its signature perfume in 2002 (she additionally directed the adverts for Jacobs’ Daisy fragrances) and starred within the Autumn/Winter 2015 marketing campaign.
The pair additionally collaborated throughout Jacobs’ tenure at Louis Vuitton (1997-2013) – throughout which he helped usher the French home into the trendy period of ready-to-wear – and on tasks for Heaven by Marc Jacobs, a sub-label launched in 2020.
The announcement of Marc by Sofia comes on the again of a busy 12 months for Coppola. She just lately marked the twenty fifth anniversary of The Virgin Suicides, which she directed in 1999, with a monograph of archival pictures. She has additionally partnered with Chanel on a guide and podcast delving into the high fashion legacy of the maison.
In the meantime, Jacobs continues to guide his namesake label, which he based in 1984, together with his Autumn 2025 assortment having been just lately unveiled on the New York Public Library.
Images by Corinne Day, from The Virgin Suicides (MACK, 2025) – a part of Coppola’s current monograph of archival pictures from the movie
(Picture credit score: © Corinne Day Property)
Whereas particulars about Marc by Sofia stay underneath wraps – together with which chapters of Jacobs’ life and profession might be explored – their private {and professional} bond is certain so as to add a compelling layer to the movie. Its premiere at Venice is anticipated to be a spotlight of the pageant season.
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