Calvin Klein interviews Marc Jacobs for US Harpers Bazaar: He chats about his new men’s perfume ‘Bang’ and getting fit…
Robert [Duffy], my business partner, said, “I think you’re in really good shape, and you should do the ads.”
“I’m not Tom Ford in terms of the grooming and the knowledge of clothes and the precision and perfection of getting dressed. There’s nothing I can wear in this ad that isn’t going to look ridiculous.”
“At one point, I tried jeans and a shirt, and it didn’t work. So then Juergen said, “Take off the clothes.” So I did, and that became the ad.”
“Well, I did feel good about the way I looked, so it was easy and - well, a guy looks better to me with no clothes on than with clothes! How’s that? ”
“Basically, I’m in a kilt and a white shirt every day. And you can’t make a business out of what I would wear. We’d be out of business. ”
“I had 21 percent body fat four years ago. I was in and out of the hospital because I had flare-ups of ulcerative colitis. I’d be in the office for 16 hours a day, six of which were in the bathroom because I was so ill. I ate nothing but junk food. Basically, the doctor said, “We’re going to have to remove your colon.” And I said, “I’m not doing that!”
“When I started to feel better, and when my stomach wasn’t hurting, and when I wasn’t on the toilet all day, and when I could look at myself in the mirror, and when I went from 21 percent body fat to 5 percent body fat and I had muscle, I was like, This is great!”
After three months, my nutritionist asked me, “Have you noticed anything different?” and I said, “No, I’m miserable. I’m home all alone. I’m eating the worst tasteless, bland food.”
“When guys started looking at me and asking me out on dates, I felt way better about myself. So it was hard to keep my clothes on, actually. And whenever I was asked to take my clothes off, I was like, “Sure! I haven’t worked out for three years to keep this all under wraps.”
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