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" I gravitated towards the field of clothing design, partly because it is a creative format that is modern and optimistic. "
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" My generation in Japan lived in limbo. We dreamed between two worlds. "
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" When I first began working in Japan, I had to confront the Japanese people's excessive worship for foreign goods and the fixed idea of what clothes ought to be. I wanted to change the rigid formula of clothing that the Japanese followed. "
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" We yearn for the beautiful, the unknown, and the mysterious. "
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" Design is a vital component to the enrichment of our everyday lives. Japan has a very rich history and culture of design, and I feel it is a very important dialogue to open and keep evolving. "
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" I love to be free to explore, research, and evolve. "
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" I never thought fashion was the job for me, because I'm Japanese. Clothes! That was a European, society thing. "
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" I believe that all forms of creativity are related. "
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" Clothes should fit comfortably - not too tightly - so that you have space to move in and think freely. "
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" You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them - twist, twist, twist the pleats, sometimes three or four persons twist together and put it all in the machine to cook it. "
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