Consulate’s Chad Sipkin on Editing Sofia Coppola’s Intimate Fashion Documentary for Marc Jacobs

Early in the film Marc by Sofia, the new Marc Jacobs documentary directed by Sofia Coppola, the fashion designer talks about the fear he feels when he starts planning a new collection, even though he has done it many times before.

Does Chad Sipkin, who cut the film, ever feel fear or apprehension at the start of a project? “Looking into the unknown is scary,” the veteran editor tells Muse. “But figuring it out is inspiring.”

The veteran editor poured his creativity into sculpting Marc by Sofia, which is classified as a documentary but isn’t a conventional talking-head film. Rather, it’s an artful meditation on the creative process and inspiration that leads up to the unveiling of the designer’s fall/winter 2024 collection. It’s also an intimate film made possible by the trust Jacobs has in Coppola, with whom he shares a decades-long friendship.

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