The corporateness of the fashion industry tends to take away or distort the freedom of creation. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
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. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
I don’t like to explain the clothes, how I made them, the theme, et cetera. It’s because the clothes are just as you see them and feel them. That’s what I want… just see and feel them. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
All kinds of ways of expression are spreading out all over the place, information is overflowing, and it’s harder and harder to be excited about anything. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
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. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
According to research,when given a choice, babies choose gold. It’s my favourite colour after black and red. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
I don’t like the word ‘feminist.’ I don’t like the word ‘ambitious.’ I do like the word ‘anti-establishment.’ Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
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 Read Quote
