Ann Demeulemeester Quotes

If someone gives you a belt buckle, it's like a piece of jewelry. It has the same sort of emotional significance. It would be something you would intend to keep forever.

My Beijing jersey means more to me than any of them.

I love the idea that someone I like would have a piece of mine in their house and have a relationship with it.

All my jewelry has stories.

When I wear jewelry it needs to really mean something.

I don't ever want to part with any of my shoes. They all have a special place in my heart because they say something about who you are today.

I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it.

When a gift is difficult to give away, it becomes even more rare and precious, somehow gathering a part of the giver to the gift itself.

I wear jewellery that I never take off. I have a ring and two necklaces. I always have them on and get scared when I have to take them off for photo shoots. The ring is my mum's mum's mum's, and she gave it to me for my 18th birthday. The necklace is the same one that my sister has. She's called Hannah, and the name is the chain.

One of the most frustrating words in the human language, as far as I could tell, was love. So much meaning attached to this one little word. People bandied it about freely, using it to describe their attachments to possessions, pets, vacation destinations, and favorite foods. In the same breath they then applied this word to the person they considered most important in their lives. Wasn’t that insulting? Shouldn’t there be some other term to describe deeper emotion?

Everything in the least connected with him has value for me; if someone even mentions his name it is like a little present to me-and I long to mention it myself

Everybody has some one thing they do not want to lose," began the man. "You included. And we are professionals at finding out that very thing. Humans by necessity must have a midway point between their desires and their pride. Just as all objects must have a center of gravity. This is something we can pinpoint. Only when it is gone do people realize it even existed.

We keep what is valuable to us, what we cherish.

It's so hard getting rid of something that means something to you, as many of the pieces on our site do for me.

Minneapolis has always been a very special place for me.

It's your glove, your baseball glove. It's got a soul, a memory all its own, and a future that never fades because it has never let go of the grasp the past has on you and so many others.

My memories mean a lot to me, and I hold them close to my heart.

On a meaningful day, everything you wear can have meaning. It becomes what I wore That Day, whether that day is a beginning or an end.

All my collections are based on something I like or something I'm dealing with. They are always deeply personal.

For me, Minneapolis will always have a special place in my heart.

Songs, especially lyrics, have always been really important to me.

Kaiserslautern is and has always been a matter very close to my heart.

Singapore has always held a special place in my heart.

Real luxury is a balance between quality and the affection you feel for an object that cannot be easily replicated.

I'm incredibly sentimental, although I'm not one of those people who doesn't chuck anything out; I don't keep used tea bags - just special mementos.