The Marc Jacobs Fall 2024 RTW collection  inspire joy and whimsy with unique proportions and festive summery colors.

Continuing with the doll-like silhouettes of his last collection, Jacobs plumped up Marilyn Monroe’s white dress from The Seven Year Itch. Some looks teased trompe l’oeil nudity, too, like a miniskirt with a model’s nude legs printed on it and a series of lace-printed dresses with skin-toned dipped backs.

After Marilyn, Jacobs riffed on 1960s cartoon icons like Minnie Mouse and her polka dots, Olive Oyl and her white collars, and Disney princesses with empire-waist gowns and white gloves.

In between the legible references to animated queens were plays on propriety, which Jacobs has done incredibly well since the start of his career, making the most sensible and appropriate 1960s jackets and full skirts seem almost scandalous through color, cut, and proportion.