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What you wear can largely govern your feelings and your emotions, and how you look influences the way people regard you. So fashion plays an important role on both the practical level and the aesthetic level of activity.
Rei Kawakubo
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Rei Kawakubo
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 11
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