"In the design process, there's a need to be culturally comprehensive." — 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 the table and there are a lot of women in white aprons with the pins on the lapel and they start to grab the sketches and... It's not like that.

I think in the same way when I'm cooking, when I'm gardening, when I'm choosing fabrics. It's a way of living.

I'm a fashion designer, not a shoe designer. I like to design clothes.

I don't design for myself. I design something keeping in mind that it has to please a lot of women.