Jil Sander
Born: 1943 Wesselburen, Germany.

 

Fashion Designer Heidemarie Jiline Sander was born in 1943 in Wesselburen/ Dithmarschen in Northern Germany. After her graduation from a school of textile engineering and two years in the United States, she began working as an editor for fashion magazines in 1963. She opened up her first boutique in 1968, in Hamburg. By then she designed a collection for the chemical company Hoechst using their Trevira fabrics. The first collection under her own label hit the market in 1973.

Born: Jil Sander was born in 1943 in Wesselburen/Dithmarschen, Germany.

First break: Sander opened a fashion boutique in 1968 in Hamburg and later started designing her own clothes.

Company founded: 1973. The Prada Group acquired a 75 percent stake in Jil Sander AG in 1999.

Selected awards: Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany (1995), CFDA International Award (2000).

Signature quote: “I’m like Joseph Beuys in my white shirt….I was born in my white shirt.”

Worn by: Jude Law, Johnny Depp, Joaquin Phoenix, Will Smith

Random fact: During her three-year hiatus, Sander devoted herself to gardening.