The idea was not to make a huge business, because the bigger you get, the more restraints I thought I might get. Number one was to do what I set out to do: make new and interesting things within the… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
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… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
The most successful achievers in sports are people that are really driven and have that spirit of hunger. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
The more people that are afraid when they see new creation, the happier I am. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
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… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
It would have more meaning for me to hear what critics have to say if their values and their ways of living were deeper… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
It was also never wanting to be part of any group or movement or anything that was the done thing. I hated organization. When… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing, whether I… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
The theme of the collection this time is MONSTER. It's not about the typical Monster you find in sci-fi and video games. The expression… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
The monsters I thought about are those that don't fit in - those who think differently from the majority, the people of exception, outsiders.… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
It's interesting for me to sell Comme des Garcons in places it's never been sold before to people who might not have heard of… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
There are no limits - I endeavor to make clothes that didn't exist before. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
