FashionNewsMarc Jacobs casts Marilyn Manson and Courtney Love in new adMarilyn Manson and Courtney Love join the Marc Jacobs ranks alongside Cara Delevingne and Missy Elliot in the house's AW16 campaignShareLink copied ✔️June 20, 2016FashionNewsTextAnna DeWolfMarc Jacobs AW16 Campaign9 Imagesview more + Marilyn Manson and Courtney Love have become the latest cultural icons to be unveiled as part of Marc Jacobs’s AW16 campaign. Shot by David Sims, the pair join the designer’s already star-studded line-up that includes musicians Missy Elliot and St. Vincent, model Cara Delevigne, actor Sissy Spacek, and modelling duo and former couple John Tuite and Carlos Santolalla aka Jarlos. Along with the photos of Manson and Love, Jacobs includes captions explaining how he met the stars, and how they relate to the collection. “I remember being quite taken by her deep, thorough knowledge of and voracious appetite for fashion and music,” he says of Love, before going on to describe her as “the ultimate divine mess in a dress” and “the girl-woman Goddess of Grunge”. With Marilyn, Jacobs focuses on the performer’s thoughtfulness, and explaining how it was this that first attracted him to the musician. “It was after meeting him that I started listening to his music – in large part because I was intrigued by his persona and curious about his perverse and incredible intellect.” He also discusses his song “The Beautiful People”, describing it as the perfect “twisted companion” for his AW11 runway show. It’s not the first time Manson and Love have appearred in a campaign together – Hedi Slimane enlisted the pair to star in Saint Laurent’s “Music Project” campaign back in 2013. The AW16 collection itself featured black feather shoulder-pads, glam-rock platform boots and Victorian-gothic coats which seemed to expand in size with each look that came down the runway. The way Jacobs has cast his campaign reflects not only the collection’s dark gothic impact, but also his obsession with countercultural icons and their subversive power. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORECrack is back at McQueen! Plus everything you missed at Paris Fashion WeekZimmermannKindred spirits and psychedelic florals: Zimmermann heads to 70s Sydney ‘We must find joy’: Pamela Anderson on her starring role at Valentino SS26Ottolinger SS26 is coming for your girlfriends Casablanca SS26 prayed at the altar of HouseMatthieu Blazy blasts into orbit at his first-ever Chanel showCeline SS26 wants you to wear protection Anatomy of a fashion show: Sandra Hüller opened Miu Miu SS26Jean Paul Gaultier SS26: Inside Duran Lantink’s disruptive debutComme des Garçons SS26 was a revolt against ‘perfect’ fashionIn pictures: Chaos reigned at Vivienne Westwood’s Versailles boudoirHide the spoons! Junya Watanabe is rifling through your cutlery drawer