SANDER LAK
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.
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.”
5. “[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 called Best. 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.”
7. “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.”