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I work in three shades of black.

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Rei Kawakubo
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 11
Businessperson
Designer
Fashion Designer
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City of Tokyo
Comme des Garçons
Kawakubo
Kawakubo Rei
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I identified very much with punk, not only in the fashion sector, but in every other sector. The very nature of doing something new and free meant something that was against authority.
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In the sense that anarchy equals freedom, yes. Anarchy means freedom, but it also means chaos.
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Beauty is whatever anyone thinks is beautiful.
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My energy comes from freedom and a rebellious spirit.
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I am a clothes maker, and that's all I am. I only want to talk about the making of the clothes. I don't feel the need to go out there and explain that.
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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. In the beginning, there isn't even a theme. It's like getting the whole world at your feet - to empty your mind of everything that's ever happened before, to get an empty space.
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Feeling free inside oneself is being free.
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Fashion is not art. The aims of fashion and art are different and there is no need to compare them.
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You can tell if it's a good collection if people are afraid of it. In ten years, everyone will love it.
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I can't become naked for everybody. It's never going to be possible for the person to write the whole story completely, so I find bits of myself, bits of what I think in some articles. And I don't give lip service to journalists. I never make them feel comfortable. I say, It's your job to make the story.
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There are no limits - I endeavor to make clothes that didn't exist before.
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I haven't yet made clothes that I have been totally satisfied with, and maybe I never will.
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