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She was mocked for the turban, but one of Marc Jacobs’ favorite models, Kate Moss, looks like she owns the world in this caped creation by the designer. She was his date to the 2009 “Model as Muse” Met Gala. Chance Yeh/PatrickMcMullan.com

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During her notorious Los Angeles shoplifting trial, Winona Ryder’s choice of a Marc Jacobs frock was part of a deliberate campaign to broadcast her innocence. “There she was in these beautiful coats and Peter Pan collars, looking very refined and elegant,” Morrison says. This knee-length, long-sleeved dress was demure and schoolgirlish — but the see-through fabric made it naughty as well. (Ryder was convicted of grand theft for stealing clothes — including Marc Jacobs togs — but she later appeared in his ads.) Splash News

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – DECEMBER 10: Actress Christina Ricci attends the 3rd Annual amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Dubai held at The Gate during day two of the 6th Annual Dubai International Film Festival on December 10, 2009 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for amfAR) Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for amfAR

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MILITARY JACKETS: Hilary Swank, here in 2002, sports a military-style jacket that looks like a toy soldier’s. “There’s always a girlishness to [his clothes], even when he has more tomboyish moments,” says stylist Susan Joy. Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

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Rihanna dons a demure tie in 2007. Jon Furniss/WireImage.com

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BOY MEETS GIRL: Alexa Chung steps out last month in a minidress with classic Jacobs details: an oversize, men’s-style collar. Adam Nemser/startraksphoto.com

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Fergie Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for IMG

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2011: Heidi Klum showed plenty of leg in this gorgeous halter gown from his spring/summer collection at the Golden Globes. While some felt his interpretation of the ’70s, heavily influenced by Yves Saint Laurent, was too literal, Jacobs defended it backstage after the show by quipping, “ ‘He who insists on his own creativity has no memory’ — and that’s a quote from Chanel!” Steve Granitz/WireImage

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2011: Michelle Obama looked playful in a lollipop-striped dress from Jacobs’ diffusion line, Marc by Marc — a surprising choice,given this is from his younger, less-expensive range. Jacobs was one of the first designers to create a lower-priced line that became a hot name; now, almost all designers have one. Sergio Moraes/REUTERS

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Vogue editor Anna Wintour supported his career early in the pages of her magazine and nudged him into rehab in 1999. Jacobs told the Wall Street Journal he can’t say no to the powerful editrix. Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com

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2010: Actress Elle Fanning, then 12, in a sparkly ice-blue frock at the Venice Film Festival. Jacobs used Fanning’s sister, Dakota, in his ads when she was 12, raising eyebrows. “I’m by no means a pedophile, but there’s a certain purity to youth,” Jacobs said. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

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2004: Liv Tyler wore this gown at the SAG Awards — one of Jacobs’ first red-carpet showings. Carlo Allegri/Getty Images

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2008: In body type, personal style and taste in MJ dresses, Selma Blair (left) and Victoria Beckham are polar opposites at his fall Fashion Week show. Blair is more traditional in a long-sleeve dress whimsically dotted with jewels, while Beckham plays the siren in a skintight, sequined sheath with an open back. Mark Von Holden/WireImage.com

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2001: On Sofia Coppola, film director and Jacobs’ muse: “She’s young and sweet and innocent and beautiful — the epitome of the girl I fantasize of,” he’s said. Here, she’s in a cool-girl-about-town striped boatneck top with a mini. Evan Agostini/Getty Images

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Lady Gaga looks disheveled greeting fans in the same dress — outside on a snowy February day — with her face half-hidden under shades and a cap. Elder Ordonez/INFphoto.com

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2009: The ensemble Madonna wore to the Met Gala caught plenty of flak from non-adventurous fashionistas. The look was by L ouis Vuitton, where Jacobs has moonlighted as creative director since 1997. Johns PkI/Splash News

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