Tue, 08/25/09 — 04:18:16 PM
>> Uniqlo has just set up a website for Jil Sander's +J line, with a list of individual price points and a few more of those David Sims-lensed promotional photos featuring Isabeli Fontana than we've seen before. There have been plenty of photos of the line — which runs $19.50-$149.50 and is out Oct. 1 — lying flat, but it's always nice to see how they lay on the body. The site also features the mantra: "Open the future / Luxury will be simplicity. / Purity in design, beauty, and comfort for all. / Quality for the people. / Basics are the common language. / The future is here: +J."
Thu, 08/13/09 — 10:05:24 AM
>> Earlier this week, we got our first look at Jil Sander's +J Uniqlo collection, but no specific drop date or price information. Finally, Uniqlo is getting more specific: the line will be in UK and US stores on Oct. 1 and in Asia on Oct. 2, and expect prices to run $19.50 for a stretch t-shirt to $149.50 for a Chesterfield coat.
The Cut has lots more pictures of unseen pieces from the line, and to the left is the collection's campaign, shot by David Sims and featuring Isabeli Fontana.
Mon, 08/10/09 — 12:08:01 PM
>> It's the moment we've been waiting for: a peek at Jil Sander's return to fashion. Vogue has the first look of her +J line for Uniqlo, full of "masculine shirts with tiny, crisp collars; cuffed flannel pants; blazers with collar straps so they can be worn snugly buttoned up; and coats — many, many coats; . . . teeny-tiny cotton skirts; . . . legging-pants," in cotton, wool, or nylon.
The palette sticks to gray, black, and khaki, "with the occasional splash of purple or pink," and although we're hearing the line is 140 pieces and hitting stores in October with prices starting at around $25, Vogue says the prices haven't been finalized — although nothing will be over $149.50 — and as for a store date, "Fall is all Uniqlo wants to say."
Fri, 08/07/09 — 12:01:14 PM
>> Jil Sander's Line for Uniqlo, +J, Has an ETA! —The September 2009 issue of Vogue UK reveals two details about Jil Sander's +J line for Uniqlo that were until now unknown: the first pieces hit stores in October, and prices start at £15 (approx. $25). The initial collection supposedly comprises 140 total pieces — 100 for women, and 40 for men. [Guardian UK, TFS]
Tue, 07/21/09 — 02:26:38 PM
>> Raf Simons is sticking to the same team as Spring 2009 for his Fall 2009 Jil Sander campaign — stylist Olivier Rizzo, photographer Willy Vanderperre, model Natasha Poly — and the images, shot May 1 in Paris, are very similar to Spring 2009 — Natasha Poly standing in profile, but instead of a high contrast white background, she's bathed in black. Another thing that's similar in these two ads — Natasha Poly's face doesn't seem to change.
Wed, 07/08/09 — 09:25:48 AM
>> Jil Sander's Collection for Uniqlo Officially Has a Name —We've known since March that Jil Sander is re-entering the fashion world after five years by overseeing men's and women's wear at Uniqlo, but details further than that have been sparse. No word on how long her contract is or when the first of her labors will appear in stores, but the collection does finally have a name, +J, and a logo, at left. [WWD]
Tue, 06/23/09 — 12:27:19 PM
>> IN PRODUCTION —After the covetous reception Raf Simons got for his Spring 2009 Jil Sander spear earring collaboration with Damiani, he's expanding into a full range of jewelry and watches with the company. The jewelry will launch in the Fall, while the watches will come in early 2010. "I am convinced that Jil Sander, even being considered as a brand of pureness, can create a product category such as jewelry,” said Simons said of the decision. [WWD]
Thu, 06/04/09 — 03:30:22 PM
>> After weeks of speculation, Versace CEO Giancarlo Di Risio, who has been with the company since 2004, is expected to hand in his resignation at a board meeting on Friday. Despite the fact that Di Risio worked closely with Donatella Versace to make her collections less flashy and returned the house to profit, the company has been under strain from declining sales, and its board recently approved a restructuring plan which effectively sidelines the chief executive.
Di Risio is said to have clashed with Donatella on a number of levels — he disagreed with her lavish lifestyle, according to recent articles in the Italian media, and pushed her to simplify her designs so that the house could introduce accessories and clothes with lower prices.
Donatella wanted to spend $140K a day on Mario Testino, Di Risio didn't. »
Tue, 05/12/09 — 11:04:25 AM
>> Julia Restoin-Roitfeld recently opened her New York apartment to Todd Selby, and it seems that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, even if she doesn't live in the same city as her mother Carine Roitfeld — they have the same stark, white-filled minimalist design sensibility when it comes to their homes. Unsurprisingly, she has quite the collection of designer shoes, bags, jewelry, and back issues of Vogue Paris — but it does offer a peek at some childhood photos of her and brother Vladimir. There's a framed picture of her first major ad campaign on the wall — for Tom Ford's Black Orchid fragrance — but she just scored a new fragrance campaign: Jil by Jil Sander, which she shot with Jan Welters back in December.
*image: source
Wed, 03/18/09 — 06:26:07 PM
>> Monday evening came an announcement that surely knocked more than one avid fashion follower out of their chair — Jil Sander is coming back to fashion as creative consultant to Japanese brand Uniqlo. We've got the who and the what, but as for the how, Fast Retailing executives (from Uniqlo's parent company) fill us in.
Apparently the company has been pursuing Sander since last June and didn't have any other candidates for the role — she's the “top of the top,” according to chairman Tadashi Yanai, who credited her with inventing the "modern basic." Sander, for her part, says she had received “a lot of offers from many companies” since leaving the fashion world, but she ended up deciding to try something “completely different” and work exclusively for the Japanese label.
One detail we still don't know? How long Sander and Uniqlo expect to collaborate: executives declined to specify the duration of the contract.
*image: source
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