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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 really comes from inside myself. For me, being born in Japan was an accident.
Rei Kawakubo
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Rei Kawakubo
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 11
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I don't feel too excited about fashion today People just want cheap fast clothes and are happy to look like everyone else
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I don't think of myself as anyone special, and I would not know how to define myself.
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