School festival at Bunka Gakuen

Many fashion vocational schools and colleges had fashion shows as one of the events at school festivals along with workshops and school carnivals around the Culture Day in Japan (November 3rd).

Bunka Gakuen in Shinjuku who has three fashion colleges (Bunka Gakuen University Graduate School, Bunka Gakuen University, Bunka Fashion College) also had a school event. Bunka Fashion College's fashion show is a popular event and draws 20,000 audiences every year. This year's theme of the school festival was "Fuku, Kitaru", and the theme of the fashion show was "unlimited: Our limit is not here, we keep going, everything starts from here". Receiving assistants from its graduates and fashion industry as well as domestic and international production sites, the school exhibited many students' works which were created with combining of young sensitivity and techniques. The works were displayed in 10 different scenes categorized by themes of "RESISTANCE", "sunrise", "PRIDE", "Mas Querade", and so on.

Spring-Summer 2012 collection of TARO HORIUCHI

A designer Taro Horiuchi, who studied at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and founded own brand in 2009, exhibited his Spring-Summer 2012 collection. The title of the collection was "SUN WAVES REPEAT". With an image of the sea, he used motifs of waves designed by various artists. The collection was for a high-end class but the styles were rather casual and relaxed so that they fit bodies comfortably. The main materials were natural fiber such as silk and cotton. He showcased shoes for the first time, which were made of collaboration with Patrick.

http://www.tarohoriuchi.com/news/
http://www.tarohoriuchi.com/

Naoshi Sawayanagi opened online shop

Internet retailing business has been growing since it started but the lineups are usually mass-produced products and do not have originality. In light of such situation, a designer Naoshi Sawayanagi and his business partner Masato Tanaka, CEO of "MAISON online shop", opened an online shop which sells a unique selection of designers' items and used-items that connoisseur buyers chose. The shop also introduces Japanese new designers and sells items of up-and-coming designers around the world. The shop's target age range is from late teens to late twenties. This online shop opened on June 25th 2011 and offers international shipping services.

Shop website: http://www.maison-os.com/
Naoshi Sawayanagi website: http://www.naoshisawayanagi.com/

Joint exhibition of men's wear

A group of six brands of men's wear; "MANWOMAN"; "A(LeFRUDE)E"; "BELIEVEINMIRACLE"; "BMT(BLIND MAN TOGS)"; "PARADI"; and "QUADEUCE" had their second joint exhibition showcasing Spring-Summer 2012 collection in Harajuku from November 8th to 12th, and 15th to 17th. Although all these brands are still struggling to overcome the huge effect of the 3-11 earthquakes on their productions and sales, this exhibition proved their positive progress.

http://www.manwoman.jp/
http://www.alefrudee.jp/alefrudee.html
http://believeinmiracle.com/
http://www.paradi.jp/
http://quadeuce.com/

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