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Jil Sander

Founder, Jil Sander

After an eight year period of absence, the minimalist designer returned to the helm of her eponymous label in 2012, before announcing her intent to leave once again due to personal reasons.

Jil Sander
Fashion Week

A Pale Summer in Milan

While Canali and Jil Sander stuck to pastels and faded tones, Marni broke the mold with dryly humorous mix of the academic and the rebellious.

Fashion Week

A Pale Summer in Milan

While Canali and Jil Sander stuck to pastels and faded tones, Marni broke the mold with dryly humorous mix of the academic and the rebellious.


News & Analysis

BoF Exclusive | Christophe Lemaire Joins Uniqlo

Christophe Lemaire talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about joining the Japanese brand as artistic director of a new Paris-based R&D centre and the new ‘Uniqlo U’ line.

News & Analysis

BoF Exclusive | Christophe Lemaire Joins Uniqlo

Christophe Lemaire talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about joining the Japanese brand as artistic director of a new Paris-based R&D centre and the new ‘Uniqlo U’ line.


News & Analysis

Neil Barrett: ‘It’s a Question of Constantly Perfecting Products That Men Buy Into’

With rigour and consistency, the designer has grown his independent business to a turnover of €90 million in 2015, up more than 50 percent from the year before.

News & Analysis

Neil Barrett: ‘It’s a Question of Constantly Perfecting Products That Men Buy Into’

With rigour and consistency, the designer has grown his independent business to a turnover of €90 million in 2015, up more than 50 percent from the year before.


News & Analysis

Alastair McKimm, Fashion's Street-Luxe Alchemist

BoF talks to the stylist and i-D fashion director — known for his melding of luxury and streetwear — on working with Self Service, Supreme and Saint Laurent incomer Anthony Vaccarello.

News & Analysis

Alastair McKimm, Fashion's Street-Luxe Alchemist

BoF talks to the stylist and i-D fashion director — known for his melding of luxury and streetwear — on working with Self Service, Supreme and Saint Laurent incomer Anthony Vaccarello.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Calvin Klein Creative Directors Exit, New West End Company CEO

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.

Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Calvin Klein Creative Directors Exit, New West End Company CEO

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.


News & Analysis

Costa and Zucchelli Out at Calvin Klein, Raf Simons to Take Reins?

The move is part of a new global creative strategy, unifying all Calvin Klein brands under one creative vision, and paves the way for Raf Simons to take the reins, an appointment that has been widely rumoured for several months.

News & Analysis

Costa and Zucchelli Out at Calvin Klein, Raf Simons to Take Reins?

The move is part of a new global creative strategy, unifying all Calvin Klein brands under one creative vision, and paves the way for Raf Simons to take the reins, an appointment that has been widely rumoured for several months.


Fashion Week

Milan, We Have Lift Off

In a Milan Fashion Week that's witnessing the sort of renaissance which can come with swift generational turnover, a blast of maximalist super-styling overpowered true design innovation.

Fashion Week

Milan, We Have Lift Off

In a Milan Fashion Week that's witnessing the sort of renaissance which can come with swift generational turnover, a blast of maximalist super-styling overpowered true design innovation.


Fashion Week

Refined Rigour at Jil Sander

With his strictly tailored coats and suits, Rodolfo Paglialunga nailed the Jil Sander signature

Fashion Week

Refined Rigour at Jil Sander

With his strictly tailored coats and suits, Rodolfo Paglialunga nailed the Jil Sander signature


Fashion Week

In Milan, Escapism is Beautiful, But Reality Strikes Back

As our global reality gets grittier, many designers turned to pure escapism, while others, like Miuccia Prada, stared ominous times in the face.

Fashion Week

In Milan, Escapism is Beautiful, But Reality Strikes Back

As our global reality gets grittier, many designers turned to pure escapism, while others, like Miuccia Prada, stared ominous times in the face.


Financial Markets

Gian Giacomo Ferraris of Versace on Awakening a Sleeping Giant

In our latest CEO Talk, Imran Amed meets the chief executive of Versace to discuss the brand’s planned IPO and taking on the big guns of Italian fashion.

Financial Markets

Gian Giacomo Ferraris of Versace on Awakening a Sleeping Giant

In our latest CEO Talk, Imran Amed meets the chief executive of Versace to discuss the brand’s planned IPO and taking on the big guns of Italian fashion.


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