and women. Recognition Sander was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz by the Federal Republic of Germany for her achievements in the fashion industry. She was listed as one of the fifty best-dressed over 50s by The Guardian in March 2013. Sander has been described as the "Queen of Less". References External links Infomat Who's Who: Jil Sander (last update: 1997) "The Modernist"—Essay portrait of Jil Sander in The New York Times Magazine, 2004 1943 births 20th-century German businesswomen 20th-century German businesspeople 21st-century German businesswomen 21st-century German businesspeople Businesspeople from Hamburg German fashion businesspeople German fashion designers German humanitarians German women fashion designers Living people People from Wesselburen Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany University of California, Los Angeles alumni Women humanitarians