As a kid I would always help my grandfather when he was working on his embroideries. Not sure if it is because of that but I would love dressing myself up at a really early age. I wouldn't like my parents’ picks, I would instead do it for myself because I enjoyed re-making clothes I already had.

As I am getting older my style gets less intense but I am wearing who I am.

Yes, of course. I’ve been showing my collections in Tokyo. Fortunately our brand recognition got better but then ironically I kind of started to feel less challenging and competitive to keep showing merely here. In addition to that, the timing of the Tokyo collection season is a little off compared to rest of the cities, which makes it harder for us to show international buyers and media. In Paris, everything is way more universal and major people from all over the world will come to see. I wanted to challenge myself from the scratch in such environment, And also wanted to have Christian Dada widerly known internationally. Paris Fashion Week takes place earlier than rest of the cities, and buyers have bigger budgets there. World’s best journalists will always be there. These are the things you cannot see happening in Tokyo.

Growing up with my grandfather, who is self-taught but very skilled embroidery technician, showed me to have a good work ethic and hardworking spirit. 

I’m bored with our current flagship shop where nothing happens but showing my designs. Nothing less and nothing more. To make changes I wanted to apply Dadaism concept to both Tokyo and Singapore stores. Even to our brand itself. There is no other brand from Tokyo who joined the umbrella group and shows in Paris at my age. What I want to say is, even the business formations don’t have to follow social norms or maintain the conventional styles to play safe. Dadaism is all about questioning traditional meanings and breaking conventional styles to produce new values.

My priority is in Asia at this moment but it would be great to expand into the West too.

No, I haven’t. Everybody keeps asking me the same question but I don’t know if it means anything!