Raf Sander

Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2012

I'm feeling it. Like totally. I mean. 2012 is going to be a Raf Sander year. It is about the shape as predicted. The square thing around a boys neck. Coloured python and plastic raincoats. Bananas.
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Disk Warriors

1. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2000 & Spring/Summer 2010
2. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2010 & Unknown
3. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 1998 & Spring/Summer 2006

Jil Sander and the shape. The circle and the irregular square. It has happened before and it will happen again. Just as the shape itself, it's a recurrent element that I dare to foresee in the upcoming collections.
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Respective

1. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2007 & Fall/Winter 2007
2. Prada Spring/Summer 2003 & Jean-Francois Campos for Numéro Tokyo, May 2009
3. Yuima Nakazato Spring/Summer 2011 & Prada Fall/Winter 2008

I've always enjoyed the indefinable character of metallic textures. And I'm loving my copper Raf Simons x Doc Martens boots. Changing their colour in sync with the surrounding light. Disco.
/HORST

Teenage Dirtbag

Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2011 & Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2011

A good way to still fit one's favourite clothes after a radical diet. A good compromise when stealing pieces from your parent's closet. A good reason to buy vintage clothes on ebay even though they don't complement your actual size.
/HORST

Fruit Salad

Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2011

Oops! He did it again! Deep in my heart I was hoping and expecting a renunciation to colour. Hasn't happened. So my wardrobe will have to pause another season. I do like mangos though.
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Image credits Catwalking

A Short History Of The Plastic Raincoat In Popular Culture III

1. Maison Martin Margiela by Mark Borthwick
2. Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2002
3. Unknown
4. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2007
5. Tush Magazine by Diego Fuga

All good things must come to an end. But we'll cry no single tear, we'll walk in the rain. Well prepared, armoured in Margiela, Raf Simons or Jil Sander. As I said: All good things must come to an end.
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The Farhi Sander Scandal

Nicole Farhi Spring/Summer 2011 vs. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2010

Honestly, I am shocked. How could that happen? How can you copy a complete collection in such an obvious manner? As if no one has seen or will immediately remember the infamous Jil Sander SS10 collection? Welcome to the copy & paste society.
/HORST

P.S.: For a similar case, see the post Persuasive Precedent.

Another Variation

Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2011

Colour. And flowers. I agree it is a reference to the minimalist core of an early Jil Sander. Accordingly pure is the self-repetition of Raf Simons and his encounter with waist-conscious tailoring and a short shorts spirited mind.
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Image credits Style.com