Forward Really Quotes by Dries van Noten

Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Cecil Beaton, musicians, architects... the…

— Dries van Noten

Many a fashion designer's career was founded using packs upon packs of Polaroids, and though we love them, we forget that the image quality…

— Dries van Noten

Sometimes, to stimulate your imagination you have to be careful you don't have too much information. You can Google something, and it's in your…

— Dries van Noten

I'm known for color and prints and embroideries.

— Dries van Noten

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…

— Dries van Noten

A few years ago, maybe it was more strange to be outside of the centers of fashion. Now, with the Internet and traveling that…

— Dries van Noten

There are boys and girls, there is night and day, but above all there is love.

— Dries van Noten

For me, restrictions are not always negative. Restrictions can push creativity. I like restrictions.

— Dries van Noten

I prefer a scruffy atmosphere.

— Dries van Noten

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…

— Dries van Noten

My childhood was very, very, very, very traditional.

— Dries van Noten

People get this very romantic vision of a fashion designer who in one night makes 25 sketches and in the morning throws them on…

— Dries van Noten

The garden is my second profession. It's 22 hectares, which is a big garden. I really need it, going from the flower garden, the…

— Dries van Noten

All my collections are very personal. It's also because I'm so involved in making the collections.

— Dries van Noten

The word 'fashion' I don't like because fashion is something that's over in six months. I'd like to find a word that's more timeless.

— Dries van Noten