Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERJewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERFashion has a right to exist, because it permits the people to define themselves over and over again.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERI’d like to cut an attitude into clothes.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERFor me black is not dark, it’s poetic. I don’t think of gothic I think of classic – it’s a big difference.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERI never leave anything behind. It’s like a history, a chain, a line of life, you just have to move and make new steps, and keep it evolving – but my soul is my soul.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERI want to put a soul in a garment. I don’t want my clothes to be perfect, because human beings are not perfect.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERA new time is coming both for my personal life, and the brand Ann Demeulemeester. I feel it’s time to separate our paths.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERBlack is not sad. Black is poetic.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERBlack 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 DEMEULEMEESTERI work for men that I would love to meet, somebody who I could fall in love with, someone who intrigues me.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERWho could imagine a poet wearing anything other than black?
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERI 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 DEMEULEMEESTERThose 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 DEMEULEMEESTERGood fashion for me is like rock ‘n’ roll – there’s always a little rebellion in it.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTERI’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 DEMEULEMEESTERFashion has a reason to be, because in fashion you can find new kinds of expression about human beings. It’s my way to communicate.
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