I want to show people that tailoring has value, which I don't see anymore in men's fashion. — Rei Kawakubo Fashion Copy Share Image
The more people that are afraid when they see new creation, the happier I am. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
In the sense that anarchy equals freedom, yes. Anarchy means freedom, but it also means chaos. — Rei Kawakubo Anarchism Copy Share Image
I haven't yet made clothes that I have been totally satisfied with, and maybe I never will. — Rei Kawakubo Clothes Copy Share Image
According to research,when given a choice, babies choose gold. It's my favourite colour after black and red. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
My intention is not to make clothes. My head would be too restricted if I only thought about making clothes. — Rei Kawakubo Clothes Copy Share Image
When you put on clothes that are fighting against something, you can feel your courage grow. Clothing can set you free. — Rei Kawakubo Clothes Copy Share Image
Often in each collection, there are three or so seeds of things that come together accidentally to form what appears to everyone… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
I want to create a market where people from all walks of life can encounter each other in an atmosphere of beautiful… — Rei Kawakubo Beautiful Copy Share Image
In response to the making of DSMNY, a change in the Chelsea store became necessary. My flagship stores always have to lead… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
Fashion is something that you can attach to yourself, put on, and through that interaction, the meaning of it is born. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
What you wear can largely govern your feelings and your emotions, and how you look influences the way people regard you. So… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
I'm not very happy to be classified as another Japanese designer. There is no one characteristic that all Japanese designers have. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
The first thing you need in order to make a business viable is to preserve a cash flow. I made sure I… — Rei Kawakubo Business Copy Share Image
I always had good reactions from people with a good eye and a vision... and very terrible reactions from those who are… — Rei Kawakubo Beginning 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… — Rei Kawakubo Design Copy Share Image
There's always a pattern in order to make a thing, but the starting point must be something I've never seen before. It's… — Rei Kawakubo Body Copy Share Image
Years ago, it was easier to make new things than it is now. The weight of experience weighs heavily, and the expectations;… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
If I do something I think is new, it will be misunderstood, but if people like it, I will be disappointed because… — Rei Kawakubo Afraid of change Copy Share Image
The Dover Street Markets bring brands of all disciplines together to sell their products in an open atmosphere that, most importantly, incites… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
Clothes are only completed when somebody actually wears them. If they were art, they could be more abstract. As long as something… — Rei Kawakubo Abstract 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… — Rei Kawakubo Monster Copy Share Image
Because the fundamental human problem is that people are afraid of change. — Rei Kawakubo Afraid of change Copy Share Image
Most of the things I read from journalists are, you know, a little bit simplified and easy. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
Collaborations have no meaning if 1 + 1 does not equal much more than 2. — Rei Kawakubo Collaborations Copy Share Image
I'm not an artist: I'm a businesswoman. Well, maybe an artist/businesswoman. — Rei Kawakubo Art Copy Share Image
Fashion is not art. The aims of fashion and art are different and there is no need to compare them. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
I think the media has some responsibility to bear for people becoming more conservative. — Rei Kawakubo Conservative Copy Share Image
Creation takes things forward. Without anything new there is no progress. Creation equals new. — Rei Kawakubo Creation Copy Share Image
What's interesting about collaborations is the possibility for one plus one to equal three. — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
I would have liked to invent the plain white shirt, with a skirt and pants to go with it. — Rei Kawakubo Fashion Copy Share Image
I don't like the word 'feminist.' I don't like the word 'ambitious.' I do like the word 'anti-establishment.' — Rei Kawakubo Ambitious Copy Share Image
For me, creation can only come out of a certain kind of unhappiness. They say in Japan, this thing like the hungry… — 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… — Rei Kawakubo Accident Copy Share Image
All kinds of ways of expression are spreading out all over the place, information is overflowing, and it's harder and harder to… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
In the '70s, if anything, it was a more interesting time in fashion. It was a time when things were changing, especially… — Rei Kawakubo Fashion Copy Share Image
I'd make my whole collection with just one square of fabric. I wouldn't do anything else; everything had to be made from… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
![“There's always a pattern in order to make a thing, but the starting point must be something I've never seen before. It's not two-dimensional, but it's like a sample. I work with patterns like a sculptor. I try to get [the team] not to work on a body, [but] to work on a free space, on a table. The…” quote by Rei Kawakubo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/rei-kawakubo-4644_body_there-s-always-a-pattern-in-order-to-mak_910306.png)
