Dries van Noten Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

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

“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.”

“I have nothing against glamorous dressing.”

“I prefer ugly things. I prefer things which are surprising.”

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

“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.”

“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 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.”

“I prefer a scruffy atmosphere.”