Haider Ackermann

Uh, Tom Ford obviously loved.

Haider Ackermann is incredible and also the, definitely wins for most handsome designer.

Not that that matters, but he, he looks great on the runway a- a- next to all those models.

Anyway, the clothes were really, really good and, and again, the show was small.

But in the end of the day, drawing is a big part of the whole design process, so it's kind of intertwined anyway, I believe.

And were there any kind of role models? Because I read that you also worked with Ann Demeulemeester and, uh, Haider Ackermann.

Uh, were there any role models, uh, in form of, let's say, fashion designers from, from your own field, but also from other fields?

Yeah, definitely.

Even more, uh, when I started then in, in that school, I also was like, "Okay, actually, when I graduate here, I don't wanna start my own brand.

I wanna just work for him." That was my goal.

Unfortunately, during my second year already in school, he, uh, he stepped away from his brand, so I was a bit like, "Okay, shit, what I do, do, what I'm gonna do now?" [laughs] But, um, it was definitely not Ann Demeulemeester or Haider Ackermann.

I al- I mean, I, I, I love their work, uh, still to this day, but back then- At least during my like formative years in fashion design, it was, it was, uh, yeah, Martin Margiela, and then at one point even also Raf Simons, especially on the menswear part.