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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. "

Dries van Noten

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

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" I try to be as independent as possible. "

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" I think in the same way when I'm cooking, when I'm gardening, when I'm choosing fabrics. It's a way of living. "

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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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" For me, a show is an event - something we work toward that focuses an idea. "

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" In the design process, there's a need to be culturally comprehensive. "

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

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

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

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

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

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" All my collections are very personal. It's also because I'm so involved in making the collections. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" To create a collection, you need a narrative - an explanation to tell the team. "

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" I have nothing against glamorous dressing. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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 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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