A Jil Sander Suit

'an ironic way of owning the space'

A Jil Sander suit.

That is what the main character of Prima Facie would wear.

To look like a “thoroughbred” crown barrister, you must wear an “expensive, understated, designer grey or navy suit”. There are many many suits that fit that description. It is this phrase that gives us a clue about what that suit specifically needs to be:

“an ironic way of owning the space”

I couldn’t write better words for what Jil Sander clothes do.

Barristers have to wear white button up shirts and dark stockings (no reference to a nude leg, evidently). To most folks that looks like a plain grey suit, but I think that this woman does have “an ironic way of owning the space”, especially when you tweak this runway look to meet the specifications of an unspoken work uniform.

Unfortunately, I think the irony is in the femininity of this skirt suit. It is not trying very hard. Jil Sander’s clothing always sits away from the body and is not really meant to be worn in that runway-no-undies-style that we first se…