Dries van Noten Quotes

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.

Dries van Noten

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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.

  

  Dries van Noten
  • Career
  • Fashion
  • Quality