THE Marc Jacobs brand released a trio of images on Instagram this week featuring a young woman modeling its latest collection of bags. It wasn’t Bella Hadid or Kaia Gerber, and it wasn’t Marc Jacobs himself who, it should be noted, has become a prolific, fashion-mad selfie taker. The mysterious new face was a 19-year-old artist based in Moscow whom Jacobs and his team discovered in June while scrolling through their social media feeds.

Her name is Maya Golyshkina and she is a photographer-

turned-sculpture artist whose work is whimsical and surreal. She uses found objects like CDs, colored pencils, tissues, and cutlery to craft headpieces, dresses, bras, and other wearable sculptures. The MJ team reached out to her through email and asked if she’d like to collaborate with them on a quarantine-friendly project surrounding the label’s accessories. Golyshkina was thrilled to work with one of her idols, and after an initial Zoom meeting, a collaboration was born.

“To be honest, I was shocked when they contacted me,” Golyshkina notes.

“I don’t really follow the fashion world, but Marc has always been a huge inspiration to me.”

She adds, “I like that he is what he is: real.” The young artist may value realness in her collaborator, but the pieces that she created for him are incredibly imaginative.

Golyshkina used toilet paper rolls to create the dreamy roselike swirls on a strapless minidress, and she glued together corn puffs for a tank top and matching hat. There were playing cards involved in another look too, as well as rolls of tape. She styled the looks with Marc Jacobs bags, including a large tote and the famous Snapshot camera bag design, with results that are DIY magic.

(SD-Agencies)