In response to Christie Lowe’s post on Marc Jacobs leaving Louis Vuitton, I would say it is a very optimistic point of view the company is taking. Saying good bye to one of your strongest and most recognizable world class designers cannot be replaced by a lump sum of money from a stock payoff. It almost feels like Jacobs had a very successful 16 year run with the luxurious brand and is now leaving the company simply because he can. Having the help of Louis Vuitton to establish his name in the fashion world now he can return to New York and start to build his own fashion icon. He was definitely one of the top designers and helped make Louis Vuitton what it is today, a snob brand too expensive for most of us anyways, but none the less a fashion icon. After seeing the success other high profile brands went through when taking their companies public such as “Prada” and “Michael Kors” it looks that Jacobs has really made the best decision for where he is right now and for how he wants his brand to grow in the future.

https://blogs.ubc.ca/christielowe/2013/10/08/marc-jacobs-is-saying-au-revior-to-louis-vuitton/