When I was doing Goodenough, I'd hired a few people to work in my office, but then, toward the end of the '90s, I decided that this is not what I should be doing. I didn't want to make a… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
I think recognition outside of Japan is amazing. I don't feel like that kind of thing would ever happen to me, as I'm not like those kinds of designers - I don't want to express myself in such a categorized way. I kind of want to be in the middle of the majority and the minority. I don't really want… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share
I arrived in Tokyo in around '81. Around that time, I visited London for about two months - it was the period just before Malcolm McLaren released his solo album Duck Rock. I'd met him when he came to Japan, so I visited him in London and spent one evening with him and his girlfriend over at his house. He… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share
I used to skate a lot when I was a kid. I loved it and was quite good. When I came back to London in around '85, I got really into skating again. But at the time, it had no influence from hip-hop. It was just thrash rock, hardcore rock, and skulls and all black - that kind of style.… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share
If I see a nice photography book in New York, and I don't want to have to carry that back to Japan with me,… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
When I was 18 years old, I came to Tokyo from my hometown, Ise, in the countryside. I'd always been really inspired by fashion… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
London has become really boring. I mean, years ago, London was really happening - there was swinging London and then punk. It was really… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
Some of the bigger companies seem to be copying only to make money, which creatively is very bad. I sometimes wonder if they have… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
I still feel like I'm really into fashion. I even think sneakers are a fashion item as well. I'm still into sneakers and clothes.… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
In those days, in 80th, people were really hungry for information - and, somehow, I had pretty good access because I had friends in… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
When we started Nowhere, maybe the fashion industry recognized something was happening, but they just thought, Oh, those kids . . . whatever. They… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
Maybe Japan itself is a little similar in that a lot of young people seem to have a little knowledge but not too much… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
The biggest reason was that when I started deejaying, I'd said that the other DJs in Japan were like salaried employees who I really… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
