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.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.