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" Coincidence is important, the convergence of different ideas. "
Dries van Noten
Coincidence
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" My childhood was very, very, very, very traditional. "
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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 prefer ugly things. I prefer things which are surprising. "
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" I'm part of the fashion system, but I don't want to follow all the rules. I don't want to be contrarian - I just want to do my own things, which are most honest and correct to do. "
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" In the 1980s, I was quite well known for my knitwear, and a lot of inspiration came from carpets, where I found ways to use structures and colors and depth of colors. "
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" I have nothing against glamorous dressing. "
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" The garden is my second profession. It's 22 hectares, which is a big garden. I really need it, going from the flower garden, the shrubs and the trees, the vegetable garden, all these things. "
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" I was a kid at the end of the 1960s and in the early 1970s, so a lot of things changed. You had pop music coming up, with David Bowie, you had new television programmes and all these things. I was fascinated. "
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" Clothes is just something you put on to cover yourself... fashion is a way to communicate. "
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" In the design process, there's a need to be culturally comprehensive. "
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" I prefer a scruffy atmosphere. "
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" I try to be as independent as possible. "
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Try
Independent
" 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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Responsibility
Work
Point
" I'm a fashion designer, not a shoe designer. I like to design clothes. "
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Like
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" For me, it's really like, okay, if you go far with the unexpected materials and unexpected proportions or volumes, then keep the colors quite simple and straightforward for men. "
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Colors
You
" All my collections are very personal. It's also because I'm so involved in making the collections. "
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Because
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" Sometimes, to stimulate your imagination you have to be careful you don't have too much information. You can Google something, and it's in your face, pow! You don't have time to dream any more about it. "
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Face
Time
Imagination
" 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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" Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Cecil Beaton, musicians, architects... the list is endless. "
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Musicians
Career
Christian
" 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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Walk
Paris
" I collect objects I fall in love with more than antiques per se. Value is not a criteria that attracts me to something. "
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" Change is not always bad. Change can be good. "
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Good
Always
" For me, a show is an event - something we work toward that focuses an idea. "
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Work
Me
" 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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" My morning routine varies by how much time I have. In the winter, I like to take baths, but in the summer, I prefer a good shower with some soap and then maybe some moisturizer afterward. I use D.R. Harris and Geo. F. Trumper products, which we also stock at our shops in Paris and Antwerp. "
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" For breakfast, I usually have a slice of bread with some homemade jam made from fruit from the garden; the type of jam depends on what particular fruit is being harvested. I learned how to make it from my mother. "
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Bread
Breakfast
Fruit
" I started the company in 1986, but we didn't have the money to do a show until '92. "
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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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Garden
Drive