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Collaborations have no meaning if 1 + 1 does not equal much more than 2.

~Rei Kawakubo

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I've always said that, growing up in postwar Japan, I never felt any connection to my work through those experiences. The work I do really comes from inside myself. For me, being born in Japan was an accident.

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The first thing you need in order to make a business viable is to preserve a cash flow. I made sure I didn't have any financial backing or support.

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The Dover Street Markets bring brands of all disciplines together to sell their products in an open atmosphere that, most importantly, incites creativity. They are, along with the 'Comme des Garcons' stores, usually located in areas off the beaten track.

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What someone wears is an expression of oneself. When you're just comfortable with what you're wearing, you don't have new thoughts. I want people to feel something and think about who they are.

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Clothes are only completed when somebody actually wears them. If they were art, they could be more abstract. As long as something is new and has never been seen before, I don't mind if people call it art. Wear them if you dare.

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I don't like the word 'feminist.' I don't like the word 'ambitious.' I do like the word 'anti-establishment.'

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I was not thinking about the age of Internet when I was making the fall-winter 2012 collection.

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I think the media has some responsibility to bear for people becoming more conservative.

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Many parts of the media have created the situation where uninteresting fashion can thrive.

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Biography

Nationality: Japanese

Type: Designer

Born: October 11th, 1942

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