Marc Jacobs offers to style Luigi Mangione, calls him a trendsetter

Fashion designer Marc Jacobs said he would be willing to dress Luigi Mangione for trial and called the convicted killer a trendsetter, during a sit-down for Vanity Fair’s Lie Detector Test.

An interviewer reminded Mr. Jacobs that Winona Ryder, Lil’ Kim and Courtney Love had all worn his designs to high-profile court appearances before asking whether he would style Mr. Mangione for his own trial. Mr. Jacobs laughed and answered yes. Asked what he would put him in, the designer said, “I think he looks pretty good the way he dresses, actually.”

The exchange followed Mr. Mangione’s unexpected influence on fashion, after one of his burgundy court sweaters went viral online.

Mr. Mangione, 28, pleaded guilty this month to two federal counts of stalking resulting in death in connection with the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

“I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan, and he died,” Mr. Mangione told the court, according to NPR.

A federal judge had earlier dismissed two other counts — murder through use of a firearm and a related firearms charge tied to an alleged silencer — ruling neither met the legal standard needed to keep the death penalty on the table.

Mr. Mangione’s state murder trial in New York, originally set for Sept. 8, has now been postponed after his lawyers argued the federal plea should bar the state case on double jeopardy grounds. A judge gave prosecutors until Oct. 9 to respond, with the next hearing set for Dec. 10.

Mr. Mangione has drawn broad public sympathy since the killing, with many viewing him as a vigilante against the health insurance industry and supporters donating more than $1.5 million to his legal defense, according to NPR.