Jil Sander was signed up as the creative director at Uniqlo in March and ever since this was announced I have been looking forward to seeing her collection this autumn. The Japanese brand Uniqlo is known for its trendy but very affordable basics for men and women including jeans and cashmere jumpers sold in their stores around the world. The Jil Sander aesthetic fits in well with the brands clean and minimalist clothes and the mass market collection is likely to be priced at a much lower level than the usual Jil Sanders collection. Jil Sanders became really popular during the eighties and nineties for her luxurious minimalist clothes. She will now be in charge of all clothing at Uniqlo but most attention is sure to go to the line she is designing +J.

For a more exclusive piece of Jil Sander clothing, I love this Jil Sander top.

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Raf Simons has been designing for Jil Sander for 3 years. For spring summer 09, he has set everyone talking with a collection that is uncharacteristically detailed for Jil Sander. The detail was in the form of long silky fringes which where inspired by the 1920’s flapper. The colour scheme was pretty true to form with black, navy and white and the shape very slim cut and lean.

Although this collection showed a lot more detail than previous collections, it did so in a very understated way giving a sophisticated feel to the clothes. My favourites are the fringed knee length dresses worn over legging for  a simple but fresh look.

 For a casual take on the Jil Sander style try this Jil Sander long sleeved t shirt.

I am pleased to see back in fashion one of my favourite items of clothing. It is in fact the clothing equivalent of a Sunday Roast or Cottage Pie for dinner, comforting, warm and familiar. I am talking about the polo neck jumper- great for the freezing cold winter weather and a neutral stylish addition to anyones wardrobe that goes with almost anything and can easily be dressed up with a variety of different accessories.

At Yves St Laurent, black polo neck jumpers were worn with almost everything from skirts to dresses to suits for a gothic minimalist look.

The Polo Neck was just made for Jil Sanders signature minimalist look, definitely something I will be trying out for this Autumn Winter.

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This Prada Polo Neck is a great basic for wearing with almost anything.

I  thought I would post today about a very influential and minimalist designer. I love the designs of Jil Sander, a German designer known for her 1980’s suits in gey, blue, white or black. She pioneered the Zweibel look (meaning onion) which described the way she layered clothes.

Whilst Jil Sander began showing her collections in 1975, her work did not really become popular until the 90’s. The clothes that she fashioned of quality fabrics did not fit in with the lavish and over the top  trends of the eighties. But she has now been recognised for her undeniable talent to make  quality minamalist clothing. the label struggled following a buty out of 75% by Prada in 1999. Jil Sander walked out as she felt unable to continue with her creativity and perfectionism however it was not long before he returned in 2003. Unfortunately there were still insurmountable differences between Jil and the CEO of Prada and she left for good in 2004. Raf Simon now designs for Jil Sanders and whilst it is not as good as the real thing, I do still love the label.