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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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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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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" Fashion shows are really my way of communication. "

" I have nothing against glamorous dressing. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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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You

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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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. "

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