EP 05 – INGEBORG HARMS ON JIL SANDER

A rare insight into Jil Sander through the perspective of one of Germany’s most influential fashion writers, cultural thinkers and a long-time collaborator of Sander, Ingeborg Harms. 

RESEARCH NOTE

Harms first encountered Sander in Hamburg in the early 1970s, visiting her first store at the age of sixteen. Decades later, that encounter developed into a close professional relationship and a series of collaborations, including Jil Sander by Jil Sander (2024), created with Harms and book designer Irma Boom.

In conversation with Freya Roski, Harms reflects on Sander’s pursuit of perfection, her ideas around modernity, craftsmanship and individuality, and the person behind her famously private public image.

The conversation also explores how fashion history can be understood through people, objects, images and memory.

Alongside the episode, ROSKI YARD presents selected archival material shared by Harms.

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Archival material presented by ROSKI YARD. Copyright remains with the respective creator or rights holder. Please contact ROSKI YARD before reproducing or using this material.

SELECTED FROM THE CONVERSATION

“She designed clothes for women and later for men that keep their privacy. It says: ‘Don’t get too close. Let my body be, and concentrate more on what I feel, what I think, what I have to say.’ It’s a very grown-up way of communicating.”