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Robert Duffy
(1955 - living) U.S.A.

Robert Duffy

Director at Louis Vuitton

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Robert Duffy, who co-founded Marc Jacobs International LLC and formerly served as the CEO, is currently deputy chairman of the board at the company.

In 2010 Robert wedded Alex Cespedes. His May 2010 wedding to Mr. Cespedes, a model and real estate agent, made headlines after two male guests celebrated at the Provincetown, Massachusetts, reception fully naked. In 2011 they adopted their daughter Victoria.

Robert's second wedding came just two and a half years after he announced his divorce from ex-husband Alex Cespedes, 46. In fact, in June 2015, Marc Jacobs' best friend and business partner Robert Duffy, 60, wedded Connor Dodd, a 25-year-old Texan, just five years after marrying his first husband. The couple wed at Robert's Victoria Farm, formerly called the Astor Tea House, the country home was once part of the Astor estate, where Chelsea Clinton married husband Marc Mezvinsky in 2010, that he renamed in honour of his daughter.

The ceremony began at the Church of the Messiah in Rhinebeck, where both grooms wore white tuxedos, white shirts, and matching white roses on their lapels. Robert Duffy wore a grey tie, while Connor Dodd's tie was white. Victoria, who served as one of the couple's six flower girls, wore a white tulle dress and flower wreath in her hair as she walked down the aisle scattering white rose petals.

At the reception, which began at 7pm, the happy couple fed each other from a four-tier chocolate wedding cake with white icing, which was decorated with pink and blue flowers. Dinner, which was served on white table cloths with pink rose centerpieces under a white tent, included a petit lettuce salad, pit smoked spare ribs, summer succotash, and fried green tomatoes.

Miley Cyrus joined the live band, Midnight Magic, on stage, where she and Dead Sara singer Emily Armstrong freestyled for the crowd. Wearing a '60s-style patterned dress and yellow platforms, Miley sang while smoking a joint and playing the tambourine.

Connor Dodd, who was referred to by a friend on Instagram as 'the lucky bride', met Robert Duffy while he was a Marc Jacobs employee. The 25-year-old Austin, Texas, native graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design and went on to work at a Marc Jacobs store in Boston before transferring to one of the company's New York City locations. In 2012, Marc Jacobs' Twitter account called him 'an Employee of the Moment'. Now, he works as a visual designer who creates set design and window displays.

In another move to indicate that Robert Duffy has officially moved on from his ex-husband, the fashion executive also recently unloaded the home he acquired while married to Mr. Cespedes. In March, he sold his townhouse in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood.

In addition to Victoria Farm in Rhinebeck, Robert Duffy still owns another property on the same street in Greenwhich Village, which he bought in late 2013. The four-story, four-bedroom home includes a private elevator, a glass atrium, a large backyard, and a terrace off the master bedroom.

It is thought that he was eager to upgrade from the house he once shared with Mr. Cespedes which, although beautifully decorated and renovated inside, was viewed as being far too narrow a space - unlike the much larger property he purchased just a few houses down on the same road.

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