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" Change is not always bad. Change can be good. "

Dries van Noten

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" Fashion shows are really my way of communication. "

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" The word 'fashion' I don't like because fashion is something that's over in six months. I'd like to find a word that's more timeless. "

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" I make clothes people can wear; I don't make art. "

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" Many a fashion designer's career was founded using packs upon packs of Polaroids, and though we love them, we forget that the image quality was often circumspect. "

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" One of the big luxuries of being in Antwerp is that I can easily walk in the city. In Paris and New York, I am more recognized. "

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" I'm a fashion designer, not a shoe designer. I like to design clothes. "

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" I started the company in 1986, but we didn't have the money to do a show until '92. "

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" I like it when you have something happening by coincidence. Just something in a book is enough. But I prefer a fragment of an image so you are far more free to bring in elements of your own. "

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" When we were studying at the Royal Antwerp Academy, we were taught to seek inspiration from everyone, everything and everywhere. My parents and grandparents were also a great inspiration for me a very young age. "

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" I don't design for myself. I design something keeping in mind that it has to please a lot of women. "

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" When I have to do something fast, I wear the most unflattering rubber pants over my pants and a big easy sweater. I can get on my knees in the garden in whatever condition, and when I'm done, I can take it off, get in the car, and drive to the office. It's the most practical thing. "

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" I prefer a scruffy atmosphere. "

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" Picasso took scraps of wallpaper, and instead of using paint and a brush, he used all the existing elements which he made his artwork with. "

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" I prefer ugly things. I prefer things which are surprising. "

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" I think by my father owning a store, I was definitely aware of the commercial aspect of selling clothes. His shop was a place I enjoyed spending time in as a boy, so I learned things almost by osmosis at times, by literally just being around all the action and not really despite myself. "

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" My office looks very empty compared with my house. The house is completely crammed full with things that Patrick and I love. It's very eclectic. There are things that have no value but which we like. We have a lot of Belgian painters; we have international painters. We have nice things; we have ugly things. I don't want that things are predictable. "

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" For me personally, there's too much fashion around in this world. "

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" Coincidence is important, the convergence of different ideas. "

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" Clothes is just something you put on to cover yourself... fashion is a way to communicate. "

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" I have a responsibility to the people who work for me, the manufacturers I work with. There is no point to clothes that don't sell. "

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" My childhood was very, very, very, very traditional. "

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" I'm really hands-on. My team brings in elements, but, every season, it's kind of a personal struggle to find the balance and to see how far I want to push the elements. "

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" I'm known for color and prints and embroideries. "

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" I have nothing against glamorous dressing. "

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" When I get very stressed, I make jam. I like things that produce a quick result, because fashion has such a long lead time. With jam, you start, and two-three hours later, you have 36 little pots, all full. "

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" I prefer to see a good exhibit sponsored by a brand than a bad exhibit due to lack of funds. "

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" For me, restrictions are not always negative. Restrictions can push creativity. I like restrictions. "

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" You'd think after 100 shows you'd be used to this, but it's not true for me. It always feels like the first show. "

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" I have my own office, and I'm there during the evenings and weekends. But during the week, I'm sitting in the middle of my studio, talking with everybody, deciding together every detail, every pallette, every yarn, every colour. "

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