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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'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. "

Dries van Noten

Color

You

Snow

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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

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

" I try to be as independent as possible. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I prefer a scruffy atmosphere. "

Dries van Noten

Prefer

Atmosphere

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

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

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

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

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

Dries van Noten

Something

Work