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. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
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. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I want to create a market where people from all walks of life can encounter each other in an atmosphere of beautiful chaos, the coming together of kindred souls. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
I can understand how some women want to marry a rich man. They may be happy for the rest of their lives, but they will never be free. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
I was not thinking about the age of Internet when I was making the fall-winter 2012 collection. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
I would have liked to invent the plain white shirt, with a skirt and pants to go with it. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
Many parts of the media have created the situation where uninteresting fashion can thrive. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
What you wear can largely govern your feelings and your emotions, and how you look influences the way people regard you. So fashion plays an important role on both the practical level and the aesthetic level. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
I don’t think of myself as anyone special, and I would not know how to define myself. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
