Jil Sander's retro future
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Modern cuts and sophisticated fabrics formed the basis of the collection. Technical shapes and sharp silhouettes kept the Mondriaan colours within the Jil Sander spirit. Buttons were replaced by zips fitted with silver triangle and square ring pulls, emphasizing its geometrical shapes, again with an eighties flashback.
Simons' futuristic approach to the German minimalist house has received mixed reactions. Simons told Suzy Menkes of the Herald Tribune: "I don't usually think retro, but I thought about things from the past and how to transfer and transport them into our language." Menkes in return wrote: Jil Sander "turned jackets and pants into perambulating art. But the effect was of mind games, turning Simons's skill with modern tailoring into something so abstract that it looked alien.
Whilst the show was mesmerising and cerebral, one wonders who the customer that will be able to wear the clothes.