“I don't like to use expensive materials. I take care to make costs rea...” — Rei Kawakubo Quote

“I don't like to use expensive materials. I take care to make costs reasonable. It's very similar to the way I make clothes.”

“The monsters I thought about are those that don't fit in - those who think differently from the majority, the people of exception, outsiders. I wish that society would place more importance and value on these kinds of monsters.”

“Growing up in postwar Japan has made me the person I am, but it is not why I do the work I do. It is a very personal thing - everything comes from inside.”

“The most important part of fashion photography, for me, is not the models; it's not the clothes. It's that you are responsible for defining what a woman today is. That, I think, is my job.”

“It's easy to make clothes for a model, but when you can put them on real women and real curves, that's the test.”

“I don't have much time for shopping so I pick things up when I can. My favorite labels are APC, Isabel Marant and Agnes B because the clothes are cut small and have a simplicity to them.”