What does happiness mean to me, someone who’s lived a life of darkness? For me it’s all those little bright things in life that I encountered. When I was little, an act of kindness people showed to me…little beauty that I found in ugliness that made me happy.
Hear Ping Fu’s compelling story about living through the Cultural Revolution and the inception of her successful company, Geomagic.
“We can’t control everything, but we can control what kind of day we have.”
Ping Fu, Author, Bend Not Break
speaking at CreativeMornings/NewYork(*watch the talk)
"Fashion is shit"
WWD: After your Y-3 10th anniversary show in New York, you said that “in the world right now, fashion is s–t.” Can you elaborate on what you meant by that?
YOHJI: Let me talk like an old man. Young people, be careful. Beautiful things are disappearing every day. Be careful.…You don’t need to be [shopping at fast-fashion stores], especially young people. They are beautiful naturally, because they are young. So they should even wear simple jeans and a T-shirt. It’s enough. Don’t be too much fashionable.…The brand advertising is making you crazy. You don’t need to be too sexy. You are sexy enough.
(Source: peternyc, via jeromepourhomme)
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