Milan Fashion Week: Jil Sander and Bottega Veneta, 'More is more' and more

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The first is the mark of minimalism founded by a German, the second is the institution of good Italian taste (which has always pleased the German market).

Two houses that prove that rigour, lasting quality and the “low profile” message are not incompatible with fashion.

And yet, two houses which, this season, have decided to leave the track, to experiment even if it means less pleasing, to take risks.

And whatever you think of it in the end, that's what Fashion Weeks are all about.

Because, basically, why spend so much to bring people and critics to a show if it's only to show them what's selling (mainly bags or best-sellers renewed from season to season)?

Shouldn't there be an element of surprise, novelty, an attempt?

Leaving the road

At Jil Sander's, Friday evening, everything seemed to pick up where Lucie and Luke Meier had left off last September, in a Zen garden populated by boys and girls in flower...

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