The thought of skiing instils fear in me. As a person who has never grown out of teenage clumsiness, pulling on a ski jacket and whizzing down a slope covered in frozen water is possibly the last thing I would choose to do. It looks like Raf Simons feels differently though, sending his Jil Sander AW11 models out slope-ready. Bonnets, padded jackets and Christmas knits all set to a soundtrack of whistling arctic winds. However to skim Simons’ inspiration pool so lightly would be a disservice to the man. He studied Louise Dahl-Wolfe's images of women photographed in ski resorts, taking the black & white frozen-in-time images and breathing new life into them.
To avoid ski overkill Simons punctuated the collection with floral print, however for me the jumpsuit conjours images of that iconic all-in-one suit come full circle.
I particularly love the slouchy knit box-shaped jumpers and ski pants with stirrups.
Although probably not his intention (or maybe so?!) the cocoon shapes remind me of sung sleeping bags. Almost synthetic looking, and duck down padded.
Archive images from Jalou Archives via Style Bubble
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