“Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent can trigger spiritual, emotional or physical peace and stimulate healing and wellness.” SpiritualMemoriesPowerfulEmotionHealingEmotionalSmellWellnessTiedPrimitiveScentTriggersOur Memories Author:Donna Karan
“Personal Style comes from within. It's when the woman, her individuality and spirit come through. She uses clothes to express who she is and how she feels” FeelsUseSpiritStyleClothesIndividualityPersonal Style Author:Donna Karan
“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.” ImportantShowsBodyHandsBrainTechnologyMaterialsEssentialsResearchToolsMethodImportant ThingsDevelopingOur ThoughtsNew TechnologyConductingCraftsmanship Author:Issey Miyake
“A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life.” ArtBodyArtistFiguresHappeningsArt IsThings HappenGreat ThingsClothings Author:Issey Miyake
“Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.” TryingHandsTechnologyComputerHigh Technology Author:Issey Miyake
“Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture.” WellsClothingsSculpture Author:Issey Miyake
“Of course there are many ways we can reuse something. We can dye it. We can cut it. We can change the buttons. Those are other ways to make it alive. But this is a new step to use anything - hats, socks, shirts. It's the first step in the process” WayFirstsUseCoursesProcessStepsCuttingAliveShirtsHatsFirst StepsButtonsSockReuse Author:Issey Miyake
“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” MadeUsedFoundMachinesFabricJerseyUnderwearAssistants Author:Issey Miyake
“Many people will say, well, clothes should be worn; but I think people can look at them in public, like seeing a film. I think museum exhibitions are very important” PeopleThinkingShouldWellsLooksImportantFilmSeeingClothesMuseumsWornExhibitions Author:Issey Miyake