The first thing we do is sit around a table and discuss what we could pick up from daily life, from space. That's how it starts, completely abstract. There's no kind of, "Oh, let's do Peru," or "Let's do pleats," you know?
In Comme des Garçons, I hardly do any sketches; there's no fittings on bodies, there's no models that come in and say, "Oh, a little bit like this." … - Rei Kawakubo
In Comme des Garçons, I hardly do any sketches; there's no fittings on bodies, there's no models that come in and say, "Oh, a little bit like this." …
- Rei Kawakubo
Creation takes things forward. Without anything new there is no progress. Creation equals new. - Rei Kawakubo
Creation takes things forward. Without anything new there is no progress. Creation equals new.
Fashion is something that you can attach to yourself, put on, and through that interaction, the meaning of it is born. - Rei Kawakubo
Fashion is something that you can attach to yourself, put on, and through that interaction, the meaning of it is born.
My energy comes from freedom and a rebellious spirit. - Rei Kawakubo
My energy comes from freedom and a rebellious spirit.
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 importan… - Rei Kawakubo
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 importan…
I work in three shades of black. - Rei Kawakubo
I work in three shades of black.
Comme des Garcons is a gift to oneself, not something to appeal or to attract the opposite sex - Rei Kawakubo
Comme des Garcons is a gift to oneself, not something to appeal or to attract the opposite sex
For something to be beautiful it doesn’t have to be pretty. - Rei Kawakubo
For something to be beautiful it doesn’t have to be pretty.
Fashion is not art. The aims of fashion and art are different and there is no need to compare them. - Rei Kawakubo
Fashion is not art. The aims of fashion and art are different and there is no need to compare them.
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