His mom and dad were both agents at the William Morris Agency. His life took a turn at the age of 7 when his dad died. After his dad died his mom remarried twice but suffered from a mental illness. Marc’s uncle ( Jeffrey Weisbord) said that after Marc and his 2 siblings ( Julie and Paul ) were neglected after their father's death. Mr.Weisbord stated “My sister went on cruise and left the kids with the housekeeper, who was having parties.” Soon after Child Protective Services stepped in. When Marc was in his teens he wanted to go live with his grandmother Helen on the Upper West Side. Meanwhile, Julie and Paul went to foster care in New Jersey. After that happened the siblings stopped communicating. Marc Jacobs uncle said that one of the last times he seen him was once when Jacobs went to visit his mother in the hospital she was in but his uncle said he looked very uncomfortable. It is said that Jacobs and his siblings did not attend their mother's funeral. From personal experience I know how hard it can be to fulfill what you need or want to do with one parent in the picture, but jacobs had neither so I could only imagine how hard it was for him in his personal …show more content…
He launched another line in 2007 aptly named Little Marc Jacobs. Soon after Marc Jacobs was becoming a bigger success something happened. In 2008 Marc Jacobs was accused of plagiarism. Jacobs was accused of plagiarism because of a scarf in his collection. The discovery was made by Esquire writer Rob Millan. Apparently the same exact design as a scarf was used by Swedish designer Gosta Olofsson. But eventually Marc Jacobs had some positivity in his 2008 life. Jacobs has several limited edition fragrances launched. Jacobs had launched three new splash scents, a limited edition Daisy fragrance in a new black bottle, and sheer versions of the fig and gardenia fragrances. Also in 2008 Marc by Marc Jacobs boutiques were opened in Paris, Istanbul, and Athens. In 2009 new stores were opened in London, Sao Paula, Milan and another collection store in