Jil Sander quotes
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“I feel very strongly that clothes that fit well make a person feel better. It's maybe half the value of the merchandise.”
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“I like femininity, not of the devout, but of the self-assured, cool and sophisticated kind.”
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“I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.”
-- Jil SanderSource : "No-frill thrills: Jil Sander is back". www.interviewmagazine.com. March 17, 2009.
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“If I had the power, I would ban leggings.”
-- Jil SanderSource : "Jil Sander: 'If I had the power I would ban leggings'" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 06, 2011.
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“We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.”
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“Initially, it was the unpractical in fashion that brought me to design my own line. I felt that it was much more attractive to cut clothes with respect for the living, three-dimensional body rather than to cover the body with decorative ideas.”
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“One glass of water doesn't equal another. One may just appease the thirst, the other you may enjoy thoroughly. In Japan, people know about this difference.”
-- Jil SanderSource : "No-frill thrills: Jil Sander is back". www.interviewmagazine.com. March 17, 2009.
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“It may sound ambitious, but I really hope that modern design will spread all around the globe.”
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“If you cut a painter's hands off, he'd still feel the urge to pick up a brush.”
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“I try as much as possible to give you a great basic product and what comes out, I feel, is really amazing.”
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“I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.”
-- Jil SanderSource : "10 Questions: Jil Sander". Interview with Lauren Goldstein, content.time.com. September 9, 2003.
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“The market is like a language, and you have to be able to understand what they're saying.”
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“I sometimes feel that a pattern is almost a fashion statement in itself.”
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“I feel that things happen for a reason and open up new opportunities.”
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“The '90s were extremely diverse, almost like a laboratory of the new century. There was much experimenting around, in politics, economics, gender and family structures, and also in fashion. There was a cloud of possibilities which kept us all dizzy.”
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“I am convinced that you don't need to spend a fortune to look like a million.”
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“Even as a child, I told my whole family how to improve their looks.”
-- Jil SanderSource : "Jil Sander: 'If I had the power I would ban leggings'". Interview with Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2011.
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“The apparent pointlessness of fashion may be just what makes it so strong as a zeitgeist sensor. Even I, a designer, do not know why a certain proportion feels dated or why another one feels exciting at a given moment. I leave that to the cultural historians and theorists.”
-- Jil SanderSource : "Jil Sander: 'If I had the power I would ban leggings'". Interview with Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2011.
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“It is not easy to dress well.”
-- Jil SanderSource : "Jil Sander: 'If I had the power I would ban leggings'". Interview with Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2011.
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