Lucie and Luke Meier’s vision for Jil Sander has been one of good taste, precision and restraint, enlivened by flourishes of unexpected adornment or poetic moments of handcraft. ‘[There’s] a nice tension between something very authentic, traditional, but then, skewed in a very modern way,’ Luke Meier told Wallpaper* last February. Then, he was talking about the brand’s A/W 2023 collection, though it is a statement that could apply to the pair’s approach to their tenure so far.
Such is the certainly the case for the pair’s new Jil Sander store, located on London’s Bond Street, which first opened in November 2023, though was inaugurated with a series of events last week. Conceived in partnership with Casper Mueller Kneer – an architectural practice with a rich history of collaboration on the design of fashion stores with brands including Saint Laurent, Celine and Lemaire – the store promises an ‘intimate’ journey into the Meiers’ Jil Sander universe, and is as meticulous and thoughtful as the pair’s collections.
