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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Marc Jacobs Finds his Nietzsche at the NY Public Library

A model walks the runway during the Marc Jacobs Fall 2022 presentation at the New York Public Library on Monday, June 27, 2022, in New York. (AP)

It’s not every designer who can pull off framing a fashion show around a quote from Nietzsche. But Marc Jacobs has always had an outsized flair for drama.

“We have art in order not to die of the truth,” the German philosopher once said, a line that Jacobs chose to highlight in his program notes for Monday evening’s runway show in the grand entrance hall of the New York Public Library on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue.

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