JIL SANDER

A collection of minimalist and sophisticated essentials.

Jil Sander is an internationally renowned German creator born in 1943, a minimalist fashion leader. Although it bases its eponymous sewing house in 1968 in Hamburg, it presents its first collection in 1973. Refined aesthetics, refined cuts and sets of proportions, Jil Sander revolutionized the fashion of his time with minimalist silhouettes and monochrome.

 

At the dawn of the 2000s, Jil Sander is bought by the Prada group. The creator announces at the same time his departure. However, it takes up the artistic direction between 2003 and 2005 before being succeeded by the Belgian Raf Simons who will officiate to this position until 2012. The designer then signs his return within the house she founded, property From now on the Japanese group onward luxury group (OLG). Unfortunately, in 2014, for personal reasons, it definitely passes the hand to Italian Rodolfo Paglialunga.

 

Since 2017, it's the couple of Creators Lucie and Mike Meier who took the reins of the style of the house Jil Sander. If the first arms at Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga and Dior, the second - founder of the OAMC male brand - was for nearly ten years the artistic director of the famous New York Label Supreme. Today, they reaffirm together the spirit of the woman Jil Sander and restores him of the superb byusing him a wind of freshness. "Our goal is to propose good parts for the present, with a particular care granted to materials so that they last and, at the same time, that they remain relevant in five years" have affirmed in an interview granted to the magazine. Madame Figaro in February 2018. By playing the card of the purple and sobriety, the creative duo respects and perpetuates the founding myths of the house.