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DEL MOON: I remember this really wonderful story you told me about when you were first starting out and you and Patrick found the Le Corbusier house in Antwerp but you didn’t have enough money to buy it. The woman who was selling it . . . Wait, what was the story about her father?

DEMEULEMEESTER: [laughs] She said to us that she had a dream that there was a man walking in the Le Corbusier house, and she wasn’t sure if it was her father or Patrick, but for some reason she felt like the house was built for either her father or for Patrick, so she wanted us to have it. She thought it was a sign, even though we had no money.

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DEL MOON: I think I got some confidence over the years. I remember how nervous I was the first time I walked the runway for you. That was my first big show. I felt like I didn’t know what I was doing.

DEMEULEMEESTER: Well, we never quit, did we? We found each other and it was so natural for me that you were part of it. The way you do my show, the way you move, I was always touched to have you modeling for me. You have added a lot. It’s important to say that after so much time.

DEL MOON: Of any designer’s clothes, I’m probably most comfortable when I’m wearing yours.

DEMEULEMEESTER: Yeah, well, with you it’s not like you’re a model—you’re Jamie wearing my clothes. But they aren’t my clothes anymore. They are your clothes, and that’s why they come alive, because they lock into the way you are, and it looks right. It doesn’t look organized, it looks honest. And that’s the most important thing for me—honesty.