1984 // YOHJI YAMAMOTO gives to Marc Ascoli the responsability of all artistic matters for Women and Men collection, including fashion shows, advertising campaigns and catalogues. Marc will keep the responsibility for this overall artistic direction until 1991. For the realization of the first Women catalogue of YOHJI YAMAMOTO, Marc Ascoli chose an unknown young photographer : Max Vadukul.

1985 // Marc Ascoli introduced a young photographer : Koto Bolofo and selected Paolo Roversi to do Yohji Yamamoto’s catalogue and advertising.

1986 // Marc Ascoli takes in charge the Image of MARTINE SITBON, since her first collection. He chooses Javier Vallhonrat for the advertising campaign and the catalogue. This will be a seven seasons collaboration.
Marc Ascoli discovers a new talent : Nick Knight, who was initially a photographer of the London underground and for record albums. Marc Ascoli guided him into fashion photography. Together they will realize the advertising campaign and the catalogue for the collection of YOHJI YAMAMOTO. Marc Ascoli also starts a new collaboration with the graphist designer Peter Saville for whom it is his first collaboration within the fashion industry.

1987 // Marc Ascoli coordinates the general image of CHLOE designed by MARTINE SITBON, including the fashion shows and the advertising campaigns for which he selects Javier Vallhonrat. This collaboration will last until 1991.

1988 // Marc Ascoli begins a long cooperation for the whole artistic management of JIL SANDER, which will last 12 years.

1989 // Marc Ascoli is the curator of the exibition « IMAGE & FASHION » for « Rencontres en Arles » , in which he presents the works of Nick Knight, Steven Meisel, Jean Baptiste Mondino, Max Vadukul, Javier Vallhonrat, Tony Viramontes and Stephane Sednaoui. He selects Javier Vallhonrat for the Jil Sander advertising campaign and catalogue.

1990 // Marc Ascoli and Nick Knight start a five seasons collaboration for the advertising campaigns and catalogues for MARTINE SITBON.
He selects Jean-François Lepage for JIL SANDER Fall/Winter campaign.

1991 // Marc Ascoli and Nick Knight realize the advertising campaign for JIL SANDER, for whom they will collaborate during 5 seasons. Marc Ascoli takes part in the comission of the nominations for the International Festival of Fashion Photography in Barcelona. JIL SANDER campaign receives the price of « Best International Campaign ».

1992 // Marc takes part again in the the comission of the nominations for the International Festival of Fashion Photography in Monaco. Also, he is the curator of the retrospective exibition of Paolo Roversi. JIL SANDER advertising campaign receives the price of « best international campaign » for the second time.

1993 // Marc Ascoli collaborates as Art Director for the book of Nick Knight with the edition Schimer and Mosel. Marc Ascoli produces JIL SANDER campaign with Peter Lindbergh. This collaboration will last 3 seasons. Together, they also realise the campaign of JIL SANDER’s perfume « Woman 5 ».

1994 // Marc Ascoli discovers a new talented photographer : Craig Mc Dean to whom he entrusts the JIL SANDER campaign. They also work on two advertising campaigns for the Jil Sander fragrance « Sun » and « Woman skin care ». He participates to the comission of the nominations for the « Festival de la photo de Mode » in Paris. Marc Ascoli discovers two young french graphic designers, the M/M (Mathias Augustyniak et Michaél Amzalag).

1995 // He begins a 4 seasons collaboration with CERRUTI for men and women lines together with Mario Testino and Paolo Roversi. He also works with ELISABETH ARDEN Group for the launching of CERRUTI perfume. YOHJI YAMAMOTO recalls Marc for his new campaign for which he entrusts David Sims, a young photographer.

1996 // Marc Ascoli continues his collaboration with JIL SANDER and MARTINE SITBON for fashion shows, advertising and special projects and also with ELISABETH ARDEN Group for CERRUTI for advertising and special projects. For the new JIL SANDER caimpaign he chooses David Sims. In October, Marc collaborates for the launching of the MARTINE SITBON store (Rue de Grenelle – Paris 7eme) for which he creates the concept and takes the responsibility for the overall Art Direction (coordination, visuals, Image). He collaborates with M/M for the graphic design of this project.

1997 // For the launching of the JIL SANDER’s men line Marc works with the photographer David Sims for the advertising campaign. Craig Mc Dean realizes MARTINE SITBON fall/winter 1998 campaign. Marc starts a collaboration with SERGIO ROSSI and he selects photographer Miles Aldridge for the fall/winter 1997/1998 campaign.

1998 // Marc Ascoli continues to work with David Sims on JIL SANDER campaign and with Miles Aldridge for the advertising for SERGIO ROSSI. He begins a long cooperation with HUGO / HUGO BOSS as Image Director and decides to call a young photographer for the Spring / Summer 1998 advertising campaign: Liz Collins.

1999 // Marc Ascoli works on the fall/winter 1999/2000 JIL SANDER campaign with David Sims. He chooses Mario Sorrenti for the spring/summer 2000 campaign. He continues to work with Liz Collins For the HUGO / HUGO BOSS campaign.

2000 // Marc Ascoli continues his collaboration with Mario Sorrenti for JIL SANDER and Liz Collins for HUGO / HUGO BOSS ‘s campaign. In april, he oraganizes an exibition concerning MARTINE SITBON works at the « FESTIVAL de HYERES ». He collaborates with Jean-Baptiste Mondino for this special project on a vidéo with Kirsten Owen. Marc Ascoli collaborates with CALVIN KLEIN for the fall/winter 2000/2001 campaigns, he chooses to work with David Sims for the main line and Mario Sorrenti for the CK campaign.

2001 // Marc Ascoli selects the young new talents Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot for their first international world campaign with the HUGO / HUGO BOSS fall / winter 2001/2002 campaign. He becomes Image Director for CHLOE designed by PHOEBE PHILO and for EMANUEL UNGARO designed by GIAMBATTISTA VALLI. He will realise CHLOE spring/summer 2002 campaign with photograph Horst Diekgerdes, and EMANUEL UNGARO spring/summer 2002 campaign with a young photographer : Karen Collins. Marc Ascoli also produces images with new talent Vanina Sorrenti for a special project for the MARTINE SITBON spring/summer 2002 collection.

2002 // For the fall/winter 2002/2003 campaigns Marc Ascoli carries on his collaborations with Mert & Marcus for HUGO / HUGO BOSS, with Horst Diekgerdes for CHLOE, with Karen Collins for EMANUEL UNGARO and with Vanina Sorrenti for MARTINE SITBON. As for the CHLOE spring/summer 2003 campaign, he selects Craig McDean. For the spring/summer 2003 he continues his collaborations with Mert and Marcus for HUGO / HUGO BOSS and with Karen Collins for EMANUEL UNGARO.

2003 // Marc ascoli pursues his collaboration with Craig McDean for CHLOE, and with Mert and Marcus for HUGO / HUGO BOSS. For the fall/winter 2003/2004 advertising campaign of EMANUEL UNGARO, Marc Ascoli begins a new collaboration with Solve Sundsbo. Marc and Solve will also realise the EMANUEL UNGARO spring/summer 2004 campaign. For illustrating the new collection of MARTINE SITBON, Marc decides to collaborate with a new talent: Serge Leblon.

2004 // Marc Ascoli starts a new collaboration with ICEBERG - a label which belongs to the GILMAR group – and realises the fall/winter 2004/2005 campaign with Solve Sundsbo. He also continues his work for EMANUEL UNGARO with Solve Sundsbo and for HUGO / HUGO BOSS with Mert & Marcus.

2005 // Marc Ascoli conceives and proposes to HUGO / HUGO BOSS a new worldwide packaging. He renews his collaborations with Solve Sunsdbo for the new advertising campaign of ICEBERG and with Mert & Marcus for the HUGO / HUGO BOSS new campaigns.

2006 // Marc Ascoli realises the fall/winter advertising campaign for HUGO / HUGO BOSS with Mert and Marcus and both the fall/winter and spring/summer campaigns for ICEBERG with Solve Sundsbo. Also, he is commissioned by GIANNI VERSACE to direct the campaign for the new fragrance named VERSACE, for which he collaborates with Bailey Walsh for the commercial and with photograph Michelangelo di Batista for the prints.

2007 // ICEBERG Women & Men fall/winter campaigns with Solve Sunsdbo. Launching of the new label RUE DU MAIL (by MARTINE SITBON). Named after the address of its headquarters at 5, rue du Mail on Paris’ right bank, RUE DU MAIL is a 7000 square-foot-space housing the studio, the atelier, a showroom, administrative offices and a boutique. Essentially, RUE DU MAIL is a platform staging MARTINE SITBON’s independent, yet strongly Parisian universe. He is at the origin of the initial concept of this brand for which he acts as Image Director (conception and art direction of the synergistic space-concept and overall press and communication strategy). Marc Ascoli is Guest Creative Director for the A MAGAZINE CURATED BY MARTINE SITBON and he collaborates with numerous artists and friends for this special issue.

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