With so much success from her fall +J collection for Uniqlo, Jil Sander has decided to do another for spring. She shoots the campaign in New York this week.

Mariacarla Boscono was shot by fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø and styled by Anastasia Barbieri. Mariacarla wears dresses by Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Jil Sander, Valentino, D&G, Chanel, and Jean Paul Gaultier.

The fact that I somehow forgot to post Jil Sander’s Spring 2010 collection earlier is inexcusable, but look on the bright side, we’re that much closer to the gauze and linen goodness in store this spring! Overall, the line is relatively natural, encompassing earthy tones of beige and other basics. Sander played with cut outs and burn outs, mixing a fair amount of skin within a primarily tailored and androgynous collection. Loving the tattered, naturally worn out look of the gauze layers as well as the belting of oversized blazers!

Jil Sander launches her ‘+J’ collection for Uniqlo this Thursday.

We’ve been talking about this collaboration for some time, only because everyone is anticipating it…and I don’t know why! Yes, some of the pieces are interesting (the elongated tux jacket), but most of the looks are BORING! We’re looking at grey pants, white buttons ups, cashmere sweaters, and turtlenecks. YES, turtlenecks! Weren’t those banned from fashion years ago?

What do you guys think? Yay or Nay?

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Shots for Jil Sander for the Fall/Winter ‘09/10 ad campaign were done by Willy Vanderperre and feature model Arthur Daniyarov.

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This could be a good one folks! Jil Sander is preparing to launch a collaboration line with UNIQLO simply known as J+. I’m excited for the collection, and I’m sure we are in for a high quality collaboration.

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Jil Sander announced the name of the new formalwear line for UNIQLO: J+. No date yet, we’ll keep you posted.

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There are a lot of nipples going on here. Could Spring 2010 be return of the nipple?

Gallery: RUNWAY RUNDOWN: Jil Sander Spring 2010 Collection

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Jil Sander, who left the label back in 04, has signed on to be the creative director of Uniqlo, overseeing men’s and women’s clothes for the retailer. Uniqlo will also create a special collection with Sander’s very minimal aesthetic and lot’s of black.

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Falling on the runway. Embarrassing? Yes. Painful? Most Likely. Forgotten about by next season? Of course. But a tumble on the runway is a mere blip on the radar in comparison to this season’s runway trauma: crying on the runway. We’ve heard the rumors and seen the photos of Auguste Abeliunaite’s teary catwalk during Jil Sander’s Fall 2009 collection in Milan. Allow me to clear the gossip of bad breakups, tights shoes and painful cramps to bring you the biggest bullshit excuse I’ve ever heard. According to Piero Piazzi, Abeliunaite’s booker, her eyes are sensitive and bright lights turn on the waterworks: “She has delicate eyes,” Piazzi explained. “We were laughing with the casting director after the show.” Hmm…maybe it was nervous laughter because Piazzi knew he wouldn’t be making quite the same commission on this girl. Honestly, if the whole bright lights excuse was really the case, Abeliunaite, regardless of her gorgeous features, would not have a career in modeling. And hello, bright lights are used in every runway show, so why haven’t we seen tears from the model before? 

Personally, I’d like to hear from Abeliunaite herself. You’re a big girl beautiful, why don’t you tell the world why you were really crying/tearing up/eye watering instead of having your uncreative booker make up some lame excuse? 

Thanks NY Mag!

Lithuanian model Auguste Tomasuite Sheds Tears at Jil Sander. It was weird…

Image source: fashionologie.

LINKAGE: Auguste Tomasuite Sheds Tears at Jil Sander

I have always admired Jil Sander advertisements because they have this loud, simplistic mood to them that is like no other. And the campaign for spring/summer 09 is no exception. Shot by Willy Vanderparre featuring models Natasha Poly and Douglas Jewell, these black and white photos need no explanation. The silhouettes of her designs look flawless against the stark white background. Check out the earring Poly is wearing; straight-up badass.

GALLERY: Jil Sander S/S 09 Ad Campaign

Thanks to Fashion Copious for the photos.

So another awards show went down over the weekend (The 2009 SAG Awards, the most flatteringly-named awards). It’s only like the second award show of the year, and all the dresses and actresses are already starting to look alike to me. Even Angelina let me down again.

But I’ll be darned if Katie Holmes didn’t just look adorable and elegant in her Jil Sander dress. The dress and hair were slick without looking vampy. And the pointy flesh-toned pumps shouldn’t work. But it’s all so modern and classy.

From Style Frizz.

Not so much in love with what Raf Simons did for the Jil Sander Fall 2009 Collection. The colors are boring, the cuts aren’t flattering, and there is nothing I see that will have me running to the closest boutique to buy. Not everyone can hit a home run at fashion week. Unfortunately for Jil Sander/Raf Simons, it was them this time.

Gallery: RUNWAY RUNDOWN: Jil Sander Fall 2009 Collection

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White boys have won the runways of Milan. Blacks, hispanicals and asians are completely missing. Thank god for the recession, hopefully a few more of these brands will go under and take their 1940’s segregation based practices with them.