A quote

"If there is anything that can't be free it's undoubtedly clothing. The "I" that is expressed in clothing is not conducting an egocentric monologue. One is not oneself in one's clothes. At the most one becomes oneself. What an illusion it is to think that an individual's freedom could be realized in clothing. This is where the spirit of the time is expressed all the more profoundly, precisely because people think they can be themselves in clothing."

Dirk Lauwaert, The Power of Fashion, About Design and Meaning, ArtEZ Press, 2006