Sofia Coppola poses with Marc Jacobs backstage prior his runway show on September 8, 2008 in New York City.
Filmmaker Sofia Coppola epitomizes downtown, understated chic, so it’s no surprise that she has long been considered a muse by her friend Marc Jacobs. “Young and sweet and innocent and beautiful,” Jacobs has said of the director, whose image mirrors the edgy-but-ladylike girl that he tends to design for. Friends since she was a teenager attending his Perry Ellis runway shows, Coppola frequently wears Jacobs’ designs on the red carpet. She collected her 2003 Best Screenwriting Oscar in a purple dress of his and even posed topless in an ad for his fragrance Blush.