Last week, someone with a really bad mustache and possibly armed with some inside info, broke into Marc Ecko’s offices on West 23rd street and stole a Kaws painting valued at $100k that was hanging in the hallway like a cheap poster. Read more »
Apart from perp walks and occasional b-roll news footage from the Midwest, I don’t see all that many people wearing Ecko anymore, but maybe Marc’s cutting edge promotion that’s sure to go over well, can swing things back in his favor. It’s called “Branded for Life” and yes, the details are every bit as horrific as the name. Read more »
Although he’s doesn’t mind droning on about creativity or cushiony subjects related to his partially-owned businesses, Marc Ecko would rather not discuss his debt, at all! And who can blame him? He gets questioned about it around the 5:00 mark, but the uneasiness really unfolds at 6:50, when pigeon-recyler and inquisitor, Jeff Staple, asks him if he has any regrets. |Video via Hypebeast|
It’s been a tough year for Marc Ecko. 2009 saw him sign over the controlling stake in his own company and he’s possibly selling his gaudy New Jersey estate, but he’s not ready for food stamps just yet. He’s now embarking on a new career: fine artist. With no one really buying the whole graffiti writer myth he constructed about himself, the once rich fashion designer is trying out the new genre of art and exhibiting a sculpture and an aptly titled oil painting that pretty much sums up his businesses and artistry quite nicely: “Horroshow.” Now on view at the Art Next gallery.
Sword and skull covered clothing is apparently not selling well in this economy, even when it’s not a ripped off design. After closing his Gramercy warehouse, and dumping his Times Square flagship space, comes news that “Marc Ecko’s ill-thought-out Chelsea boutique Marc Ecko Cut & Sew is done.” |Racked|
With the economy in shambles and retail sales hitting an all time low, it was only a matter of time before fashion mogul Marc Ecko would have to start laying off staff—design people included according to one of our industry sources. But with those cuts come consequences, just ask illustrator Hannah Stouffer. She noticed some similarities between the designs she did and Ecko’s Cut and Sew line. But instead of firing off a cease and desist letter, she took to the internets with this meager attempt at snark:
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