SEPTEMBER 2019
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VOGUE VIEWPOINT
We ask fashion’s preeminent talents to
mine their inspirations and curate their
world through style. Sander Lak, the
designer of Sies Marjan, shares his.SANDER LAK
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1.”Alien(1979) is one my favourite movies, if
I have to pick just one ... which is almost
impossible! Sigourney Weaver was one of my
many teenage obsessions.”
2.“[A favourite place I’ve travelled to is] New
Caledonia. One of my best friends is from
there and I went to visit last year. It’s the most
beautiful place. It’s on the other side of the
world for me. For Australians it may not be as
exotic,but it was for me!”
3.“I love so many photographers, but I kept
my choice to Thomas Ruff, because I was
recently able to buy some of his work and it
makes me so happy to see it every day. He is
an absolute genius and is consistently
evolving his point of view. He never stops
challenging himself.”
4.“[An artist I love is] Neo Rauch for his
impeccable use of colour. Hans Eijkelboom is
another of my favourite photographers.”- “[I appreciate the personal styles of]
LaKeith Stanfield and Kurt Cobain. They are
totally different, but there are some
similarities between them. I love how both
men wear their clothes with such ease and
weird confidence. It’s not about looking ‘good’
or looking ‘right’, it’s about the choice and
their conviction of that choice. They didn’t
care what anybody thought. I love that.”
6.“Right now, I’m reading a book calledBest.
Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew up the Big
Screen(2019) by Brian Raftery, which is about
all the important and defining movies that
came out in that year. I have always thought
the same thing and now there is a book about
that exact and very specific subject, which
made me very happy.” - “I have always been a huge admirer of
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. His work is
constantly changing the narrative or idea of
what architecture can be. I love how textural
his work is; he selects building materials like
we select fabrics.”
8.“I never wear jewellery, but I just got a
necklace with a ring on it that my dad gave to
my mum when she turned 36. My mum gave
it to me on my 36th birthday in June, so that’s
the first piece of jewellery I’ve ever worn.”
3.Porträt (S. Buch)
(1988) by Thomas Ruff.5.Kurt Cobain
in the 1990s.1.A poster forAlien (1979).1.Sigourney Weaver
inAlien (1979).