I 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 DemeulemeesterMy work is nice, natural, it's never "been there done that," my work remains very interesting without losing my soul - because it's really me, and I am always honest with myself. I don't care what's in or out, I just listen to myself. And it's very nice to able to work like that. At the beginning people might have wondered what I was doing, but now they know my line, my evolution, I'm respected for that and that's a wonderful feeling.
Ann DemeulemeesterFashion has a right to exist, because it permits the people to define themselves over and over again.
Ann DemeulemeesterGood fashion for me is like rock โnโ roll โ thereโs always a little rebellion in it.
Ann DemeulemeesterJewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.
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. 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