Jil Sander Mens F/W 07.08 Milan

[ETROsexualJ]

The only thing about the leather/shearling is that this past f/w it was too "spongey."

 

[JJohnson]

Oh this collection is delicious!

 

[Alejandro]

i might be changing my mind with the pics brian has posted. definitely no to the shearling and the sweaters w/ lines

 

[JJohnson]

I wonder what is up with Raf's Obsession with oversized coats?

I like the big cuts. It's very generous for bigger guys like me, and there are smaller items in the mix, so it's for all sized men

 

[ETROsexualJ]

I like the big cuts. It's very generous for bigger guys like me, and there are smaller items in the mix, so it's for all sized men

Please don't take this as offensive.

But, doesn't it defeat the purpose if you have to buy a size 54 that would fit you snug and slim when it is supposed to have an A frame shillouette?

 

[JJohnson]

Please don't take this as offensive.

But, doesn't it defeat the purpose if you have to buy a size 54 that would fit you snug and slim when it is supposed to have an A frame shillouette?

Actually, it doesn't fit me snug. I dont want it overly big, but it can still be worn. I had to go a few sizes down actually.

 

[visconti]

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I'm not seeing a lot the "big cuts" and "oversized coats" in this collection. While it's not necessarily "skinny", it's definitely toned down from the last two collections. WHICH, is something I was really excited about- a new proportion. Don't get me wrong, I'm head over heels in with the bulk of it, but I'm still looking for THE BLUE COAT or the "brand new" cut for a blazer/jacket like the Daphne or 1.5 breasted. The turtlenecks and high collars are one thing, but that's at least in part a carry over from Raf's own line. Maybe a move back toward a "classic" look will be easier to move at the shops, but I'm more in for the experimental, yet tasteful fabrics and such. I wonder if he's going to take steps to distance Raf/Raf from Jil/Raf in Paris because as others have mentioned, this recalls a lot of Mainline Raf Fall 2006.

At this point I'm still sticking firmly to my love at first sight reaction to the green coat and the sweaters. Hopefully I can find out a little more about what they're made of soon.

 

[bedtimestorynyc]

GREAT collection!!! Jil Sander is getting better by the season!!!

 

[birdofparadise]

his big sizes are great, we can't all be skinny b(r)itches...

 

[JJohnson]

his big sizes are great, we can't all be skinny b(r)itches...

lol agreed

 

[Diorling]

i hate shearling. but that's just me.

Yea, me too, but here it is completely acceptable, I would wear this shearling...Ok, I would never wear shearling.

I just realized how I can sum up Jil Sander...CK Jeans...

 

[chicgarcon]

....eh. too boxy

 

[Rich10]

Very simple. I like it.

 

[Ceptuouse]

January 14, 2007
For his third collection for Jil Sander, Raf Simons’s ongoing redefinition of the label’s menswear was as subtle as a single chalk stripe trailing down a navy jacket, an echo of the pinstripes that can be found hanging in many a male closet. But there was poetry in that lonely line, because Simons was aiming for nothing less than a new geometry of the body. Show notes invoked the sculptor Antony Gormley, whose work distills the human form into a graphic frame. Simons attempted something similar when he trailed two horizontal stripes in a sparkling metallic across a sweater, or wove a grid of lines on a double-faced wool coat, like a degraded windowpane check.

But the graphics scarcely stopped with the woven and felted lines that framed knitwear, jackets, and coats. Simons also showed quilted-nylon blousons and coats in iridescent blue, copper, and green of an almost jewel-like intensity. He tucked a faux collar of metallic knit inside a navy sweater, then let a layer of the same knit peek out from under a sober cardigan (imagine discovering your granddad was a glam rocker on the side). Perhaps not exactly the revelation Simons had in mind, but certainly symptomatic of his knack for transmogrifying the mundane—even the toggles he used on his duffel coat made you sit up and look twice. And, since we’re talking about contrasts, the shearlings shot with a single vertical strip of metal looked like essential winterwear for 2007/8. They may yet be the season’s most artful comment on the crucial dialogue between Mother Nature and the Machine.
— Tim Blanks

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[Lena]

talk about a very non-inspiring collection...

 

[Ceptuouse]

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[Ceptuouse]

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[liberty33r1b]

looks very solid to me!

 

[ETROsexualJ]

That duffle coat is going to be big next season and I am glad that I'll be wearing it.

Also love the newer pic with the "pincheck" that goes from check to stripe.

 

[style_expert]

absolutely amazing..I see lots of things I want