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Rei Kawakubo

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Rei Kawakubo Quotes

Total quotes: 6

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Rei Kawakubo

Birthname

Birthday: October 11, 1942

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Educated At: Keio University

Nationality: Japan

Occupations: Designer, Businessperson

Total quotes: 6

“I’ve always felt an affinity with the punk spirit. I like that word. Every collection is that. Punk is against flattery, and that’s what I like about it.”

— Rei Kawakubo, ‘The rules are in my head.’

Tagged: Punk

“It would be much better to know someone through that person's work. With a singer, the best way is to listen to the song. For me, the best way to know me is to look at my clothing.”

— Rei Kawakubo, Rei Kawakubo: fashion’s great iconoclast

Tagged: Work, Fashion

“Punk is against flattery[…] The spirit of punk lies in not ingratiating oneself to preordained values or accepting standard authority.”

— Rei Kawakubo, Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between

Tagged: Punk, Authority, Norms

“This is the rule I always give myself: that nothing new can come from a situation that involves being free or that doesn’t involve suffering.”

— Rei Kawakubo, ‘The rules are in my head.’

Tagged: New, Freedom, Suffering

“It’s not my favourite colour. It has nothing to do with whether I like it or not, but I just feel that black is the strongest colour.”

— Rei Kawakubo, ‘The rules are in my head.’

Tagged: Black, Color

“I don't like the word feminist. I don't like the word ambitious. I do like the word anti-establishment”

— Rei Kawakubo, Rei Kawakubo: fashion’s great iconoclast

Tagged: Work, Fashion, feminism, Anti-Establishment

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