What I like to wear, I do myself. I don't know how that sounds, but it's the truth. My life is so mixed with my profession that I don't know where I begin or my work ends.
From Ann Demeulemeester
I always followed my own path.
I'm not confused about what's happening in fashion, because I follow my own direction and go.
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.
Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.
I need human feelings to fit garments. I couldn't do it just, like, on an object - it's too close to our body. It's like a skin you are making, so you need one's feelings to make a garment.
The future is open, and I never make plans. As long as it's interesting to me, I try to live my life to the fullest.
It's most beautiful thing about my work. I have reached people who I would never have known without my work.
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.
I feel more European than Belgian. However I do think that my Flemish roots have an impact on my character and culture.
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