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 Copy Share Image
Black is not sad. Bright colours are what depress me. They're so... empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not. — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
Fashion is silly. Perhaps I should say fashion in general is silly. But then everything is, in general. If you talk about music in… — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
My work is nice, natural, it's never "been there done that," my work remains very interesting without losing my soul - because it's really… — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
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… — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
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… — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
I work for men that I would love to meet, somebody who I could fall in love with, someone who intrigues me. — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
“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… — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
I'm not confused about what's happening in fashion, because I follow my own direction and go. — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
My work has always been about authentic feeling, and I think we live in a time where we need that. — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
