Jil Sander Mens F/W 08.09 Milan

[dizzytacks]

i love how the shoes take inspiration from creepers!

 

[ETROsexualJ]

i don't want to have to wait for fall...

 

[pomegranates]

^^haha
i can't wait for the raf simons show

 

[kiddokiddo]

This def feels more Raf Simons by RS than Jil Sander by RS...I'm just loving it. The outerwear is the strongest significantly...The print is refreshing and the beautifully cut leathers are dreams...I'm just so interested to see where he'll take JS menswears from here. Fav show so far

 

[nqth]

I don't really like the prints. I don't really see why he used it. Agree that the cut of the coats makes them look like dresses:-)

I also see the "longer top half" silhouette:-) it is the same with Burberry imo.

 

[BerlinRocks]

i don't want to have to wait for fall...

me neither.... but the prices....argh...
so i'll have to wait the sales.........
i want some stuff sooooo badly......

i want the coats and jackets.... i want them i want them...

where a re the shop owners there???
what will you order?????

 

[C_24]

I can`t decide what I feel about those marble prints, I think I hate them.

I mean, what r they good for? Concealing the victim of a crime scene on the floor of a venetian palazzo?

 

[JJohnson]

Delicious collection!

 

[sylen]

wow!!!
love this so far!

 

[moloko]

here you will find the review by Tim Blanks along with complete collection pics and detail shots http://men.style.com/fashion/collections/F2008MEN/review/JSMEN
definitely like the skinny pants
not sure about the print part of the collection though

 

[BerlinRocks]

^thanks moloko

January 12, 2008
Mahler on the soundtrack, marble cited as an inspiration in the show notes, a pattern of watery ripples spreading across a coat, a top… put all of that together and one might justifiably assume Raf Simons had looked to Venice as inspiration for his latest Jil Sander collection. But despite a somber, monumental air to the clothes, "fragmentation" was in fact Simons' mot du jour. The way that marble and stone crack over time into veiny fragments offered the designer a golden (or maybe granite) opportunity to inject a graphic element into a collection that has previously been distinguished by its monochromatic purity. At the same time, it gave him a chance to make a statement about the way that fashion's past, present, and future are endlessly de- and reconstructed. If his concept wasn't entirely successful, it's possibly because there was so much marbling—in coats and suits with matching totes and turtlenecks, and a fuzzy mohair for good measure. It felt oddly retro, like a splash-dash New Wave moment. The eighties effect was compounded by a silhouette that pumped up the volume on top and trimmed the leg away to a leotard slimness, ending in a shoe of a creeperlike chunk. (On the evidence of Milan's first day, early adopters are forecasting such bulk as the foot of the future.)

The swell of Angelo Badalamenti's music for Mulholland Drive offered a better index of Simons' true gift. In a David Lynch-ian "Nothing is quite what it seems" way, the graphic texture of a coat suggested beading when it was actually tweed, and a pleating effect—sometimes horizontal, sometimes vertical—loaned a new definition to the body's movement. Simons really thinks about clothes, for which we can be eternally grateful. And he gives us more reason to be thankful when what he's thinking about gels with what we'd want to wear, as in a suit with a dull but seductive metallic gleam.
— Tim Blanks

 

[Ianastar]

Wow

I usually don't like Sander because it always looks so big and boxy. This is way better and I LOVE the prints.

 

[nqth]

Wow, so it's rain in the clothes, which is a brilliant idea. I thought there was sth "biological" in that print (blood was on my mind).

I abs. hate the marble prints. Crack over time, how obvious and pretentious - I thought it was more about abstract ideas.

 

[Crying Diamonds]

Absolutely adore that first jacket - that'll be majorly popular, men like original designs too, hence why Hedi Slimane for Dior Homme was so popular.
The marble effect on that coat is clever but so unfortunately shapeless and unwearable for me.
Adore that black and white bag and the matching trousers (maybe not together) but i'm afraid those brother-creeper looking shoes do nothing for me.

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

I'm hoping Raf will channel all of this into the women's line, too..

Indeed...

The prints are simply fascinating, to the say the least. So incredibly inspiring, too! I salute Raf for his brazen forge into unknown territories, esp. since the typical Jil Sander customer expects certain, specific elements each and every season.

Thanks for posting!

 

[gr77]

I love the prints and the textures.I'm also glad to see skinny pants!!

 

[Alejandro]

those printed pants are tdf

are those like slight creepers?

 

[Casius]

Some detail shots;

*from men.style.com

 

[5-Hour man]

Uh. I want it all. Paired with amazing quality Rafs design are heaven. IF - and IF - it wasn't for the fact, that it fits like crap off the runway. I tried some of last seasons coats and the fit was nothing like what I had seen on the pictures. Bear in mind that I'm usually a sz. 46 i Dior Homme, so it's not like I should be too big for this. I was so disappointed. His own main line coats do just fine though. Maybe I was just unfortunate last time. Seeing this, I'll definitely giving it a try again. And Oh. I want those ultra slim pants, and I want them NOW!

 

[Inaya]

The bags are so good looking