--- title: Designer Marc Jacobs Proposed to His Boyfriend at Chipotle description: Fashion designer Marc Jacobs coordinated a flash mob and the staff of a local Chipotle for his proposal to boyfriend Char Defrancesco. canonical: https://time.com/5229528/marc-jacobs-chipotle/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-05T17:32:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:54.033Z og:title: Marc Jacobs Proposed to His Boyfriend With a Flash Mob at Chipotle og:description: Nothing says love like sharing a burrito og:url: https://time.com/5229528/marc-jacobs-chipotle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32f6edd7bb176412/69892cee0a4a224f8d9d2521/marc-jacobs-char-defrancesco.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "The Beguiled" New York Premiere - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Marc Jacobs Proposed to His Boyfriend With a Flash Mob at Chipotle twitter:description: Nothing says love like sharing a burrito twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32f6edd7bb176412/69892cee0a4a224f8d9d2521/marc-jacobs-char-defrancesco.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Marc Jacobs Proposed to His Boyfriend With a Flash Mob at Chipotle  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 5, 2018 5:32 PM UTC  Defrancesco and Marc Jacobs attend "The Beguiled" New York Premiere - Arrivals at Metrograph on June 22, 2017 in New York City. Defrancesco and Marc Jacobs attend "The Beguiled" New York Premiere - Arrivals at Metrograph on June 22, 2017 in New York City.Paul Bruinooge—Patrick McMullan via Getty Image  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 5, 2018 5:32 PM UTC In a true high-low mashup, iconic fashion designer [Marc Jacobs](http://time.com/4496861/marc-jacobs-show-comes-under-fire-for-featuring-white-models-with-dreadlocks/) dropped to one knee at a New York City Chipotle on Wednesday night to propose to his boyfriend, Char Defrancesco. He was backed up by a flash mob dancing to Prince’s classic tune “Kiss,” and even the Chipotle employees got in on the surprise, grooving right along with them. One of the locations of the [famed burrito chain](http://time.com/5032403/chipotle-free-chips-guac-queso/) may not spell out “romance” to everyone, but Jacobs’ plan clearly worked, as Defrancesco appeared both shocked and thrilled with the turn of events. The designer and Defrancesco, who makes high-end candles and also models, have been dating for [a few years now](https://fashionweekdaily.com/char-defrancesco-interview/) and live together in the West Village. While we do not have any prior knowledge of their burrito-chain preference, this stunt does beg many questions: will Chipotle be served at the wedding? Will there be extra guacamole (no charge) at the bachelor parties? Do they keep in shape by [following the Chipotle diet](http://time.com/4417999/fit-guy-eats-chipotle-every-day/)? Is there some underlying reason that this particular franchise was chosen for Jacobs to pop the question? Did they celebrate the successful engagement with some queso? Or was this just one of those fashion moments where we, the general public, must accept that the taste and vision of genius creatives is simply outside our comprehension? In any case, congrats to the happy couple, who hopefully scooped up a few burritos on the house (just before [National Burrito Day 2018](http://time.com/money/5229386/national-burrito-day-2018-deals/)) for the free advertising. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5229528/marc-jacobs-chipotle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5229528/marc-jacobs-chipotle/"},"headline":"Marc Jacobs Proposed to His Boyfriend With a Flash Mob at Chipotle","datePublished":"2018-04-05T17:32:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:54.033Z","description":"Nothing says love like sharing a burrito","url":"https://time.com/5229528/marc-jacobs-chipotle/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","fashion","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32f6edd7bb176412/69892cee0a4a224f8d9d2521/marc-jacobs-char-defrancesco.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32f6edd7bb176412/69892cee0a4a224f8d9d2521/marc-jacobs-char-defrancesco.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"The Beguiled\" New York Premiere - Arrivals","caption":"\"The Beguiled\" New York Premiere - Arrivals","creditText":"Paul Bruinooge—Patrick McMullan via Getty Image","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5229528/marc-jacobs-chipotle/","name":"Marc Jacobs Proposed to His Boyfriend With a Flash Mob at Chipotle"}}]}] ```