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" My touchstone started out being - and is still - exploring the ways by which to make clothing from a single piece of cloth. "

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" I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world. "

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" In fashion, you need to present something new every six months, but it takes time to study things. Development is very important. "

" From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement, the space between the body and clothes. I wanted the clothes to move when people moved. The clothes are also for people to dance or laugh. "

" I do not create a fashionable aesthetic... I create a style based on life. "

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" Paul Poiret did wonderful things because he was so influenced by motifs, but Vionnet really understood the kimono and took the geometric idea to construct her clothes - and that brought such freedom into European clothes in the 1920s. "

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" My generation in Japan lived in limbo. We dreamed between two worlds. "

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" I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start. "