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" 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. "

Dries van Noten

Need

Trees

Going

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

" 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 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

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

" I prefer a scruffy atmosphere. "

Dries van Noten

Prefer

Atmosphere

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fashion shows are really my way of communication. "

" I try to be as independent as possible. "

" 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. "

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

Dries van Noten

Shoe

Fashion

" 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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't design for myself. I design something keeping in mind that it has to please a lot of women. "

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

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

Dries van Noten

Something

Work

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "