2024-12-04T14:35:02-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150086327/a-rare-interview-with-comme-des-gar-ons-designer-rei-kawakubo Orhan Ayyüce 2018-09-16T16:00:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4a/4a7c25dd1840225be5499d1a1daaf671.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>She says the way you live and the way you get energy is different from what you have to do to make a collection; there is no connection between the way she lives and the way she makes clothes.</p></em><br /><br /><p>A rare interview indeed with one of the fashion world's rare designers.&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;She said I should explain to you the amount of work she has to do, the shops she has to design as well as the collections. It never stops,&rdquo; Joffe says. What elements of the job do you enjoy? She shakes her head on translation. &ldquo;There is no pleasure in the work,&rdquo; Joffe tells me. (She always calls it &ldquo;the work&rdquo;.) &ldquo;She says people who say they enjoy the work, she thinks they don&rsquo;t take it seriously. The only way to hope to make something new is not to be satisfied.&rdquo;<br></p>