Rei Kawakubo - Collaborations have no meaning if 1 + 1...

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

Biography

Author Profession: Designer

Nationality: Japanese

Born: October 11, 1942

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The most successful achievers in sports are people that are really driven and have that spirit of hunger.

Sports People Spirit Successful

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.

Work Myself Me Born

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.

Life Work Daily I Am

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

Like Ambitious Word Feminist

The more people that are afraid when they see new creation, the happier I am.

I Am People New See

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.

Change People Hate Think

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.

Good Time You New Things

The corporateness of the fashion industry tends to take away or distort the freedom of creation.

Freedom Fashion Creation Take

I am not aware I am an icon.

I Am Aware Icon Am

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.

Myself Freedom You Pain

For me, creation can only come out of a certain kind of unhappiness. They say in Japan, this thing like the hungry spirit - the hungry mind - is what gets you going forward.

Me You Mind They Say

I want to show people that tailoring has value, which I don't see anymore in men's fashion.

People Men Fashion Value

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.

Business You Support Need

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.

Together Creativity Street Bring

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