Ann Demeulemeester Quotes & Sayings

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. — Ann Demeulemeester

As a young girl, I dreamed of having a voice in fashion. — Ann Demeulemeester

Black is not sad ... Black is poetic. — Ann Demeulemeester

Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me. — Ann Demeulemeester

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. — Ann Demeulemeester

Ann Demeulemeester is an adult brand now, with its own identity and legacy that is able to continue growing without me. — Ann Demeulemeester

Fashion has a reason to be, because in fashion you can find new kinds of expression about human beings. It's my way to communicate. — Ann Demeulemeester

Who could imagine a poet wearing anything other than black? — Ann Demeulemeester

Fashion is silly. Perhaps I should say fashion in general is silly. But then everything is, in general. If you talk about music in general, it's silly; about magazines, in general, they're silly. — Ann Demeulemeester

I've always been intrigued by cutout silhouettes. They are so intriguing, so poetic-the shadow of a soul. They tell everything about a character and they are open to be filled with one's own imagination. — Ann Demeulemeester

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. — Ann Demeulemeester

I don't look at other people's work because I don't want to be distracted by their ideas. — Ann Demeulemeester

I'd like to cut an attitude into clothes. — Ann Demeulemeester

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. — Ann Demeulemeester

Fashion has a right to exist, because it permits people to define themselves over and over again. — Ann Demeulemeester

I just wait because I think people will find me. And I'm not the kind of person who will knock on somebody's door. I wait. If they're good for me, they will come towards me. — Ann Demeulemeester

I want to put a soul in a garment. I don't want my clothes to be perfect, because human beings are not perfect. You can meet somebody in one of my jackets and it can all look a bit wrong, but also human and beautiful. Cutting nonchalance into a garment is difficult, because you can't just make an oversized or an asymmetric garment - it will look ugly. Making it look natural is delicate work. If it's too obvious, then it looks fake. Balancing the garment is a painstaking task, because you have to keep in mind how the clothes move. — Ann Demeulemeester

Things aren't interesting if you level them. It's the voice that's interesting. — Ann Demeulemeester

Creating is a lonely thing in a lot of ways. — Ann Demeulemeester

When you see or hear something beautiful, it's like that thing is transmitting a kind of energy, and if that energy helped create the work, the only thing I can do is play it when I finally show the work. — Ann Demeulemeester

For me black is not dark, it's poetic. I don't think of gothic I think of classic - it's a big difference. — Ann Demeulemeester

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. — Ann Demeulemeester

I feel more European than Belgian. However I do think that my Flemish roots have an impact on my character and culture. — Ann Demeulemeester

A new time is coming both for my personal life, and the brand Ann Demeulemeester. I feel it's time to separate our paths — Ann Demeulemeester

It's most beautiful thing about my work. I have reached people who I would never have known without my work. — Ann Demeulemeester

I'm not confused about what's happening in fashion, because I follow my own direction and go. — Ann Demeulemeester

I work for men that I would love to meet, somebody who I could fall in love with, someone who intrigues me. — Ann Demeulemeester

For me, Gothic is something from my youth, when I had a heavy metal phase. — Ann Demeulemeester

I've always done things my way. — Ann Demeulemeester

Beauty of mind creates freedom. Freedom of mind creates beauty. — Ann Demeulemeester

My work has always been about authentic feeling, and I think we live in a time where we need that. — Ann Demeulemeester

I always followed my own path. — Ann Demeulemeester

Good fashion is like rock music: all anarchy and revolt. — Ann Demeulemeester

I am just a Flemish girl with her feet on the ground. — Ann Demeulemeester

Those that think my clothes are androgynous also still believe that women should look like Barbie dolls. That's precisely the problem, the deep-rooted assumptions about what is feminine. — Ann Demeulemeester

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. — Ann Demeulemeester

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. — Ann Demeulemeester

Black is not sad. Bright colors are what depresses me. They're so ... empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not. — Ann Demeulemeester