Citizen of the World (Dries Van Noten and Tim Blanks) | BoF VOICES

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Fashion & Beauty, Business, Arts

4.6 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Belgian designer Dries Van Noten joined BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks on the #BoFVOICES 2017 stage to discuss the challenges of being a 'citizen of the world' amid rising critique of cultural appropriation.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion, and welcome to the B.OF podcast.
0:08.5	Voices is the most stimulating gathering of fashion industry leaders on the planet.
0:13.6	What makes voices different is that we mix our industry with fascinating people from other sectors,
0:18.6	from the worlds of economics, activism, health and
0:21.9	wellness, medicine, film, philanthropy, technology, media, and so many more.
0:27.7	Fashion doesn't live in a bubble, nor should it.
0:30.4	This is one of the sessions from our 2017 gathering.
0:33.9	Born in Belgium in 1958, Dries van Noten is the third generation in a family of tailors. He is
0:40.2	operating his business independently from Antwerp and having global impact. It's one of the few
0:46.9	global fashion businesses in the world that is independently owned and managed. And Dries has an
0:53.0	international operation that includes an
0:55.2	atelier in Calcutta and India. He has clients all over the world. So how does he operate and grow
1:01.6	and think about his business in the age of technology and the age of globalization?
1:05.8	Dries spoke with our editor at large, Tim Blanks, said Voices 2017, and I'm really happy to share this talk
1:12.9	with you today, not least because he's absolutely one of my favorite designers in the world.
1:18.1	Just a quick note, this conversation was recorded live in front of an audience, so please
1:23.4	excuse any audio issues.
1:26.4	Dreece, what does the phrase citizen of the world mean to you?
1:30.3	Citizens of the world. I think the world became one big global place and of course for me being a fashion
1:39.3	designer, inspired by the world, looking at the world, being a very curious person. I want to learn, I want to see, I want to experience things.
1:48.0	So for me, it's like, it's an ideal situation.
1:51.0	I feel that fashion has offered you a way to explore the planet,
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