German designer Jil Sander found her minimalist fashion brand in 1968, and it was in the 1980s that Sander began showing her collections at Milan Fashion Week.
Jil Sander showcased a moody autumn/winter collection at Milan Fashion Week with fur, fringe and sequins turning heads on the runway.
It’s perhaps an autumnal adaptation of the boho fringe the saturated spring/summer collections, as fringe has dominated fashion week collections including Burberry, that showcased supermodel Naomi Campbell in a plum fringed trench coat.
Sander’s “less, luxe” approach was ground breaking in the Eighties and remains the fashion house’s signature style, recently booming in popularity during the 2020s ‘quiet luxury’ phenomenon.
Androgynous and oversized silhouettes were in keeping with Sander’s design philosophy, where the label’s early stripped-down suits played a pivotal role in changing women’s fashion in the Eighties and Nineties, as excess went out and restrained finesse came in.
