Marc Jacobs’s Very Public Ex-Boyfriend Split

Marc Jacobs and his boyfriend, chocolatier Harry Louis, have parted ways. Brazilian-born Louis announced the news on his Instagram account, posting an image of the couple with a shattered glass filter on top.

"So I would like to be the first one to share with you all the news... Me and Marc have decided not carry on with our relationship as boyfriends," he wrote. "The distance and lack of time because of work schedules aren't really something realistic, and he's such a beautiful and amazing person, that I think he deserve a bf who will stay at least in one of the cities that he leaves [sic] in... Also, I need that too... We love each other very much, and that it was a decision from both!!!! Every special minute we've spent together will be treasured, and a new chapter of our both lives has started... Both of us focusing in work, and make it work!!!!"

Marc Jacobs Single

Louis - who runs an upmarket chocolatier business - attended Jacobs's final Louis Vuitton last week, posting an Instagram picture of the designer taking his final bow, along with the caption: "Farewell to the greatest designer of LV of all times!!! Marc, we love you!!! Me for other reasons, but the world admire and are inspired by your talent and courage in always thinking outside the box." The couple are said to have first started dating in 2011, and have often been pictured holidaying together in Brazil.

"So, for those who were always supportive of us, please don't be sad, life goes on, to all of us," continued Louis. "And for those who were praying that this day were coming, there you have... Marc Jacobs and Harry Louis aren't officially a couple anymore!!!!"