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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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" 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. "

Dries van Noten

I Am

Walk

Paris

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

" I'm a fashion designer, not a shoe designer. I like to design clothes. "

Dries van Noten

Shoe

Fashion

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" My childhood was very, very, very, very traditional. "

" For me, restrictions are not always negative. Restrictions can push creativity. I like restrictions. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

Dries van Noten

Something

Work

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

" I prefer a scruffy atmosphere. "

Dries van Noten

Prefer

Atmosphere

" 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 known for color and prints and embroideries. "

" 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'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. "

" Coincidence is important, the convergence of different ideas. "

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

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

" Fashion shows are really my way of communication. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "