Japanese - Designer | October 11, 1942 -
The monsters I thought about are those that don't fit in - those who think differently from the majority, the people of exception, outsiders. I wish that society would place more importance and value on these kinds of monsters.
Rei Kawakubo
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According to research,when given a choice, babies choose gold. It's my favourite colour after black and red.
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In response to the making of DSMNY, a change in the Chelsea store became necessary. My flagship stores always have to lead the way.
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The main pillar of my activity is making clothes, but this can never be the perfect and only vehicle of expression.
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Fashion alone is so far from being the whole story. It seems that with fashion, as with art, things are getting easier in one sense, but at the same time, it is getting harder to be stimulated about things or excite people.
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In order to be stimulated or moved in the future, we probably have to go into space and look at our world from there.
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Although I do not believe in fame, what it brings me is the fact that I can ask someone to work with me, and they do not say no.
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Growing up in postwar Japan has made me the person I am, but it is not why I do the work I do. It is a very personal thing - everything comes from inside.
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Collaborations have no meaning if 1 + 1 does not equal much more than 2.
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The place I am always looking for - because in order to keep the business, I need to make a little compromise between my values and customers' values - is the place where I make something that could almost - but not quite - be understood by everyone.
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I want to make a shop that's unlike any that already exists.
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I don't like to use expensive materials. I take care to make costs reasonable. It's very similar to the way I make clothes.
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