Dries van Noten Quotes
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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.
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For me, restrictions are not always negative. Restrictions can push creativity. I like restrictions.
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To create a collection, you need a narrative - an explanation to tell the team.
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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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I prefer to see a good exhibit sponsored by a brand than a bad exhibit due to lack of funds.
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I make clothes people can wear; I don't make art.
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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.
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I have nothing against glamorous dressing.
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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.
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I don't design for myself. I design something keeping in mind that it has to please a lot of women.
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I try to be as independent as possible.
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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.
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Clothes is just something you put on to cover yourself... fashion is a way to communicate.
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Change is not always bad. Change can be good.
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I'm known for color and prints and embroideries.
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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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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.
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We always say that fashion is a reflection of our times.
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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.
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All my collections are very personal. It's also because I'm so involved in making the collections.
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For breakfast, I usually have a slice of bread with some homemade jam made from fruit from the garden; the type of jam depends on what particular fruit is being harvested. I learned how to make it from my mother.
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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.
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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.
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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.