Creating is a lonely thing in a lot of ways. Ann Demeulemeester More Quotes by Ann Demeulemeester More Quotes From Ann Demeulemeester I'm very aware of the influence I've had, and I'm very pleased with that, because it proves that my work was necessary, that people liked it, and that it was right for its time which is a big compliment. But of course, this means I now have to move on. If more people are doing what I'm doing, I have to evolve. I'm pushed toward a new direction, and I have to let myself be tempted, find out where I can go. Ann Demeulemeester mean people moving Good fashion is like rock music: all anarchy and revolt. Ann Demeulemeester rock good fashion music 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 portrait loved fashion people I've always done things my way. Ann Demeulemeester things always done way I don't look at other people's work because I don't want to be distracted by their ideas. Ann Demeulemeester look work people ideas 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 skin you body feelings Beauty of mind creates freedom. Freedom of mind creates beauty. Ann Demeulemeester creates freedom mind beauty 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 you energy work beautiful 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 look you clothes people I am just a Flemish girl with her feet on the ground. Ann Demeulemeester ground i-am girl feet Ann Demeulemeester is an adult brand now, with its own identity and legacy that is able to continue growing without me. Ann Demeulemeester brand me legacy identity 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 everything you fashion music Things aren't interesting if you level them. It's the voice that's interesting. Ann Demeulemeester things you voice interesting 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 myself truth work life I always followed my own path. Ann Demeulemeester own always my-own path I'm not confused about what's happening in fashion, because I follow my own direction and go. Ann Demeulemeester direction confused my-own fashion 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 myself me jewelry love 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 my-life me future life It's most beautiful thing about my work. I have reached people who I would never have known without my work. Ann Demeulemeester most-beautiful work beautiful people I feel more European than Belgian. However I do think that my Flemish roots have an impact on my character and culture. Ann Demeulemeester feel think character culture
