Ann Demeulemeester Quotes & Sayings

“Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.”

“I had to find my own language in jewelry. That was important to me; it really had to be what I would love to have myself.”

“I can make 10 jackets of the same colour, same two pockets and same length, that will look like 10 completely different jackets when you put them on. It's about the way they are cut - it makes them look and feel completely different and move differently, and that's a never-ending study. People who wear my clothes will know exactly what I mean.”

“For me, Gothic is something from my youth, when I had a heavy metal phase.”

“Good fashion is like rock music: all anarchy and revolt.”

“I became a fashion designer by accident. I loved to make portrait drawings when I was a teenager, and from that came the interest in what people were wearing and why they were wearing it.”

“It's too easy to say that orange is happy and black is sad. To me, black is perfect. You can fill it with the emotion you want to express.”

“Beauty of mind creates freedom. Freedom of mind creates beauty.”

“As a young girl, I dreamed of having a voice in fashion.”

“I don't look at other people's work because I don't want to be distracted by their ideas.”