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" I make clothes people can wear; I don't make art. "
Dries van Noten
People
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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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" I try to be as independent as possible. "
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" I'm a very big fan of winter-flowering shrubs and bulbs. You have the smell, you have the color - it's really like a present from God when something like that is in flower in the middle of the snow. "
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" 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. "
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" My childhood was very, very, very, very traditional. "
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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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" I look back on shows now that I thought were good, and I don't like them so much anymore. Or criticism I didn't understand or agree with now makes sense. "
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" I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot. "
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" Change is not always bad. Change can be good. "
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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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" We always say that fashion is a reflection of our times. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I started the company in 1986, but we didn't have the money to do a show until '92. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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