| ── I see. Your relationship is the source of creativity. |
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| HK: |
Some people wonder what Hiroshi-san’s role is in UNIFORM EXPERIMENT. I think Hiroshi-san provides me with the right mood. To be more specific, Hiroshi-san lets me see his world. I am being a bit vague here, but it's like that. |
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| HF: |
Talking about collaboration ── well, I actually don't want to use the word “collaboration” ── a fair, 50-50 balance is important for me when I collaborate with someone else or corporations. I am not talking about the name values or the economic balance between the two parties. If someone asks me without having that spirit, it means he just wants to use my name for selling merchandise. That party is going to take advantage of me, and I won’t feel that I am collaborating with someone to create something. I try to keep away from people and companies like that. But, that situation is spreading all over the world now. I would like to do something like Tiffany and Rolex’s relationship. Tiffany says they would like to collaborate with Rolex and sell a double-named watch, because Tiffany admits Rolex is a great company that creates fabulous watches. That's an ideal relationship for me when I work with somebody.  |
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| HK: |
This is an extreme case, but the first thing I hear out of people’s mouths when I tell them I have collaborated with Hiroshi-san is, “Oh, where is Hiroshi’s thunder logo?” I kind of barked back after hearing this, and said, “No, our collaboration is different.” There are enough “Hiroshi Fujiwara icons” available already. I don’t want to create an another icon. I won't do that, but it was necessary to include Hiroshi-san's tastes in the clothes in some way. That was my theme for the collaboration. |
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| ── Basically, you two pursued a clear conception of “UNIFORM EXPERIMENT” and tried to create something special, truly worthy of being called UNIFORM EXPERIMENT's items. |
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| HK: |
I think we are able to lay the foundations of the brand through this first collection. Or, I'd can say it's the true theme of this first collection. I was able to reflect the brand's identity in the main items, such as the shirts, jackets and pants. Those can be called very UNIFORM EXPERIMENT-ish items. I think so, at least.  |
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