Marc Jacobs Sits for Anna Weyant in Vanity Fair's 2026 Style Issue Cover
Anna Weyant, one of the most talked-about young painters in contemporary art, has painted Marc Jacobs for the cover of Vanity Fair's 2026 Style Issue. The cover story, titled 'Marc Jacobs Cannot Tell a Lie,' features a portrait of the designer rendered in Weyant's characteristically smooth, softly lit style. Vanity Fair
Jacobs did not hold back in the accompanying interview. He criticised LVMH — the French luxury conglomerate that owns his eponymous label — for doing "the least possible" for his brand. Fashion Week Daily
The conversation is wide-ranging. Jacobs discusses his LVMH sale, past scandals, and what his next chapter will mean for his runway collections. The profile describes him as having weathered personal storms and professional crises across four decades in fashion, coming back stronger each time — and labels him, in the magazine's words, "the greatest of American designers." Vanity Fair
This is not the first time Jacobs and Weyant have worked together. In December 2025, Jacobs guest-edited an issue of Vogue and invited Weyant to paint a romantic cover portrait of model Kaia Gerber. That issue, Jacobs's first as a Vogue guest editor, signalled a creative partnership that has now extended to Vanity Fair. Vogue
Weyant, named in the Style Issue editor's letter as one of Jacobs's favourite artists, has built a reputation for figurative paintings that borrow compositional cues from Dutch Golden Age portraiture and Old Master still life. Her work commands prices in the millions at auction and has drawn both critical attention and market heat since her emergence in the late 2010s. Vanity Fair
For fans of either Jacobs or Weyant, the cover is a meeting of two figures who have each, in very different fields, made careers out of provoking strong reactions. Jacobs has spent four decades turning fashion shows into cultural flashpoints; Weyant, barely into her thirties, has done something similar on canvas. The portrait puts one in service of the other — and both on a magazine rack.
