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I would have liked to invent the plain white shirt, with a skirt and pants to go with it.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Go
Invent
Liked
Pants
Plain
Shirt
Skirt
White
Would
design
copy
If I do something I think is new, it will be misunderstood, but if people like it, I will be disappointed because I haven't pushed them enough. The more people hate it, maybe the newer it is. Because the fundamental human problem is that people are afraid of change.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Afraid
Because
Change
Disappointed
Enough
Fundamental
Hate
Human
I Think
Like
Maybe
Misunderstood
More
More People
New
People
Problem
Pushed
Something
Them
Think
Will
design
copy
If you have total freedom to design, you won't get anything interesting. So I give myself restraints in order to kind of push myself through, to create something new. It's the torture that I give myself, the pain and the struggle that I go through.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Anything
Create
Design
Freedom
Get
Give
Go
Interesting
Kind
Myself
New
Order
Pain
Push
Something
Something New
Struggle
Through
Torture
Total
Total Freedom
You
design
copy
I'm always looking to make something that didn't exist before, fumbling about in the dark, not just while making a collection. The search for something new is a constant in my everyday life. But constantly searching for something new is like looking for a well in a desert.
~ Rei Kawakubo
About
Always
Before
Collection
Constant
Constantly
Dark
Desert
Everyday
Everyday Life
Exist
Just
Life
Like
Looking
Make
Making
New
Search
Searching
Something
Something New
Well
While
design
copy
I'm not an artist: I'm a businesswoman. Well, maybe an artist/businesswoman.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Artist
Businesswoman
Maybe
Well
design
copy
I'm not very happy to be classified as another Japanese designer. There is no one characteristic that all Japanese designers have.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Another
Characteristic
Classified
Designer
Designers
Happy
Japanese
No-One
Very
design
copy
In order to be stimulated or moved in the future, we probably have to go into space and look at our world from there.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Future
Go
Look
Moved
Order
Our
Our World
Space
Stimulated
World
design
copy
In response to the making of DSMNY, a change in the Chelsea store became necessary. My flagship stores always have to lead the way.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Always
Became
Change
Chelsea
Lead
Making
Necessary
Response
Store
Stores
Way
design
copy
It's interesting for me to sell Comme des Garcons in places it's never been sold before to people who might not have heard of Comme des Garcons.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Been
Before
Heard
Interesting
Me
Might
Never
People
Places
Sell
Sold
Who
design
copy
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.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Accident
Always
Any
Being
Born
Connection
Experiences
Felt
Growing
Growing Up
Inside
Japan
Me
Myself
Never
Postwar
Really
Said
Those
Through
Up
Work
design
copy
Many parts of the media have created the situation where uninteresting fashion can thrive.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Created
Fashion
Many
Media
Parts
Situation
Thrive
Uninteresting
Where
design
copy
My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing, whether I think it is strong and beautiful. The result is something that other people decide.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Am
Approach
Beautiful
Clothing
Decide
Each
I Am
I Think
Make
Nothing
Other
People
Piece
Result
Simple
Something
Strong
Than
Think
Thinking
Time
Whether
design
copy
My design process never starts or finishes. I am always hoping to find something through the mere act of living my daily life. I do not work from a desk and do not have an exact starting point for any collection.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Act
Always
Am
Any
Collection
Daily
Daily Life
Design
Desk
Exact
Find
Finishes
Hoping
I Am
Life
Living
Mere
Never
Point
Process
Something
Starting
Starting Point
Starts
Through
Work
design
copy
My intention is not to make clothes. My head would be too restricted if I only thought about making clothes.
~ Rei Kawakubo
About
Clothes
Head
Intention
Make
Making
Only
Restricted
Thought
Too
Would
Would-Be
design
copy
Not everyone necessarily needs new things all the time and creative designs. It's good to have luxury restaurants and fast-food restaurants. You need both.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Both
Creative
Designs
Everyone
Good
Luxury
Necessarily
Need
Needs
New
New Things
Restaurants
Things
Time
You
design
copy
Often in each collection, there are three or so seeds of things that come together accidentally to form what appears to everyone else as a final product, but for me, it is never ending.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Accidentally
Appears
Collection
Come
Each
Else
Ending
Everyone
Everyone Else
Final
Form
Me
Never
Never-Ending
Often
Product
Seeds
Things
Three
Together
design
copy
The corporateness of the fashion industry tends to take away or distort the freedom of creation.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Away
Creation
Distort
Fashion
Fashion Industry
Freedom
Industry
Take
Tends
design
copy
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.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Along
Area
Atmosphere
Beaten
Brands
Bring
Creativity
Disciplines
Dover
Importantly
Located
Markets
Most
Off
Open
Products
Sell
Stores
Street
Together
Track
design
copy
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.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Any
Backing
Business
Cash
Financial
First
First Thing
Flow
Made
Make
Need
Order
Preserve
Support
Sure
The First Thing
Thing
Viable
You
design
copy
The main pillar of my activity is making clothes, but this can never be the perfect and only vehicle of expression.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Activity
Clothes
Expression
Main
Making
Never
Only
Perfect
Pillar
Vehicle
design
copy
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