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" I love the journeys of research and discovery their development takes me on. I see prints as less 'decorative' than many might, and more fundamental to a garment's core. "

Dries van Noten

Research

Love

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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. "

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

" I collect objects I fall in love with more than antiques per se. Value is not a criteria that attracts me to something. "

Dries van Noten

Value

Objects

" I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I prefer a scruffy atmosphere. "

Dries van Noten

Prefer

Atmosphere

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

Dries van Noten

Something

Work

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I try to be as independent as possible. "

" 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. "

" My partner, Patrick, and I live in an old house in Belgium that was built in 1840 and is out in the countryside between Antwerp and Brussels. "

" We always say that fashion is a reflection of our times. "

" 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. "

Dries van Noten

You

True

" 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. "

" 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. "

Dries van Noten

Parents

Studying

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

" People get this very romantic vision of a fashion designer who in one night makes 25 sketches and in the morning throws them on the table and there are a lot of women in white aprons with the pins on the lapel and they start to grab the sketches and... It's not like that. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Dries van Noten

Colors

You