The Purpose - Where I Start -

One Of My Assistants Found This Old German Machine. It Was Originally Used To Make Underwear. Like Chanel, Who Started With Underwear Fabric - Jerseys - We Used The Machine That Made Underwear To Make Something Else

The Purpose - Where I Start - Is The Idea Of Use. It Is Not Recycling, It's Reuse.

I Have Always Been Interested In Conducting Research That Yielded New Methods By Which To Make Cloth, And In Developing New Materials That Combine Craftsmanship And New Technology. But The Most Important Thing For Me Is To Show That, Ultimately, Technology Is Not The Most Important Tool; It Is Our Brains, Our Thoughts, Our Hands, Our Bodies, Which Express The Most Essential Things.

Even When I Work With Computers, With High Technology, I Always Try To Put In The Touch Of The Hand.

I Did Not Want To Be Labelled The Designer Who Survived The Atomic Bomb, And Therefore I Have Always Avoided Questions About Hiroshima.