Jil Sander famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I feel very strongly that clothes that fit well make a person feel better. It's maybe half the value of the merchandise.
-- Jil Sander

#Feel Better #Clothes #Half
I like femininity, not of the devout, but of the self-assured, cool and sophisticated kind.
-- Jil Sander

#Self #Kind #Sophisticated
I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.
-- Jil Sander

#Luxury #Simplicity
If I had the power, I would ban leggings.
-- Jil Sander

#Bans #Leggings
We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.
-- Jil Sander

#Cutting #Air #Color
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.
-- Jil Sander

#Fashion #Cutting #Ideas
I have a lot of fantasy.
-- Jil Sander

#Fantasy
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 Sander

#Glasses #Japan #Differences
My approach has always been rather sensual.
-- Jil Sander

#Sensual #Approach
Life is full of challenges and surprises.
-- Jil Sander

#Challenges #Life Is #Surprise
It may sound ambitious, but I really hope that modern design will spread all around the globe.
-- Jil Sander

#Design #Ambitious #Sound
If you cut a painter's hands off, he'd still feel the urge to pick up a brush.
-- Jil Sander

#Cutting #Hands #Brushes
In the end, you can' t talk to everyone.
-- Jil Sander

#Ends
I try as much as possible to give you a great basic product and what comes out, I feel, is really amazing.
-- Jil Sander

#Giving #Trying #Really Amazing
I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.
-- Jil Sander

#Thinking #Design #Needs
The market is like a language, and you have to be able to understand what they're saying.
-- Jil Sander

#Able #Language
I sometimes feel that a pattern is almost a fashion statement in itself.
-- Jil Sander

#Fashion #Patterns #Sometimes
I feel that things happen for a reason and open up new opportunities.
-- Jil Sander

#Opportunity #Reason #Feels
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.
-- Jil Sander

#Fashion #Clouds #Dizzy
I am convinced that you don't need to spend a fortune to look like a million.
-- Jil Sander

#Needs #Looks #Fortune
Even as a child, I told my whole family how to improve their looks.
-- Jil Sander

#Children #Looks #Whole Family
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 Sander

#Fashion #Strong #May
It is not easy to dress well.
-- Jil Sander

#Dresses #Easy #Wells

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