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Updated · Fox News · Aug 20
Marc Jacobs Says He’d Style Luigi Mangione for Trial as Lawyer Calls It Sad
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Aug 20

Marc Jacobs Says He’d Style Luigi Mangione for Trial as Lawyer Calls It Sad

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 20

Summary

  • Marc Jacobs said on Vanity Fair’s lie-detector podcast that he would be open to styling Luigi Mangione for trial, adding the admitted killer already “looks pretty good” and calling him a “trendsetter.”
  • The remark came after the host showed Jacobs a photo of Mangione and noted his courtroom clothes have drawn outsized attention, including a red sweater that later sold out at Nordstrom.
  • Defense attorney Donna Rotunno criticized the idea, saying support from a designer for the man who admitted stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024 was “tone deaf” and “sad.”
  • Mangione’s trial wardrobe may never materialize: he pleaded guilty to federal charges last week, faces up to life in prison at Dec. 18 sentencing, and his state case could end if a double-jeopardy challenge succeeds.

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