Jil Sander Quotes

• I like femininity, not of the devout, but of the self-assured, cool and sophisticated kind.

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  Self, Kind, Sophisticated

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• I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.

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  Luxury, Simplicity, Convinced

  "No-frill thrills: Jil Sander is back". www.interviewmagazine.com. March 17, 2009.

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• We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.

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  Cutting, Air, Color

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• I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.

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  Thinking, Design, Needs

  "10 Questions: Jil Sander". Interview with Lauren Goldstein, content.time.com. September 9, 2003.

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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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  Feel Better, Clothes, Half

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• If I had the power, I would ban leggings.

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  Bans, Leggings, Ifs

  "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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• 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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  Fashion, Cutting, Clothes

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• In the end, you can' t talk to everyone.

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  Ends

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• I feel that things happen for a reason and open up new opportunities.

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  Opportunity, Reason, Feels

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• My approach has always been rather sensual.

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  Sensual, Approach

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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.

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  Japan, Differences, Glasses

  "No-frill thrills: Jil Sander is back". www.interviewmagazine.com. March 17, 2009.

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• I have a lot of fantasy.

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  Fantasy

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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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  Able, Language

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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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  Fashion, Clouds, Dizzy

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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.

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  Fashion, Strong, May

  "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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• I am convinced that you don't need to spend a fortune to look like a million.

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  Needs, Looks, Fortune

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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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  Design, Ambitious, Sound

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• Life is full of challenges and surprises.

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  Challenges, Life Is, Surprise

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• Even as a child, I told my whole family how to improve their looks.

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  Children, Looks, Whole Family

  "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.

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  Dresses, Easy, Wells

  "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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• If you cut a painter's hands off, he'd still feel the urge to pick up a brush.

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  Cutting, Hands, Brushes

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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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  Giving, Trying, Really Amazing

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• I sometimes feel that a pattern is almost a fashion statement in itself.

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  Fashion, Patterns, Sometimes

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