Lecture and social gathering sponsored by JAPAN-FPO

We invited Mr. Ota who is president of Issey Miyake as well as a member of JFW on Nov. 11th at Rin in Omotesando. The hall was full with 60 people. Mr. Okada states that ” Mr. Ota indirectly talks in front of mass media, so this time, I would like him to give away”. Based on Mr. Okada’s statement, designers, people related to textiles and fashion joined this meeting without  any mass media.

Contents are as follows:

★Present situation of Paris Collection ・Propose and flows of brands including Japanese designers

★Present situation of Paris and N.Y. ・The reasons Issey Miyake started a big branch
・Changes of class of purchasers

★About Sao Paul Fashion Week
・Expectation level which Brazil hopes to Japan

★To young creators
・Take economical crisis as a chance

etc…

In the end, Mr. Ota talked his hopes and concluded this meeting about “making clothes” 

｢Be able to wear it｣

and

｢Function as “clothing”｣

Later, JAPAN-FPO Social Gathering started. Exchanging information has actively occurred.

We are still facing difficult situations, but we continue to progress actively in order to find a way out of difficulties.