I never thought fashion was the job for me, because I'm Japanese. Clothes! That was a European, society thing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Fashion is just an interpretation of the culture around us.
Fashion is a very particular world, as you know.
I've always loved fashion, but it's not what I set out to do.
Fashion is a real passion in my family. I never even realised it was something glamorous until much later. For me, it was my family's job.
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.
I always loved fashion.
One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film.
Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct.
I love the fashion world. I love clothes. I love style.
The fashion world has always been part of my life.