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The freedom I give myself for the business is in deciding to take part in the Paris collections, but also having other retail strategies that are unlike anybody else's. Not necessarily going into malls, doing the business my own way - having different brands to cover different concepts, to be able to have the cash flow to carry on.

Rei Kawakubo

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Rei Kawakubo
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 11
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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.
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Creation takes things forward. Without anything new there is no progress. Creation equals new.
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My energy comes from freedom and a rebellious spirit.
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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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