Ann Demeulemeester

I'm not confused about what's happening in fashion, because I follow my own direction and go.

Ann Demeulemeester is an adult brand now, with its own identity and legacy that is able to continue growing without me.

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.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

I don't like to get in front of people.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.