It has been 50 years since Jil Sander founded her own fashion house as a plucky 20-something in postwar Germany, creating modern, minimalist clothes that would go on to redefine the working woman's wardrobe.
But though she took her last runway bow in 2013, fashion's “Queen Of Less” isn't resting on her laurels. The 74-year-old recently delved into her archives for her first solo exhibition in Frankfurt, a large-scale retrospective spanning the breadth of her career – and an unexpected move by the publicity-shy designer.