Biography

Harumi Fukuda began studying art while at high-school and went on to do two years at art college before going on to study graphic design at Setsu Mode Seminar and Toyo Institute of Art and Design. In 1999, she opened a multi brand boutique, “WR” in Tokyo, Daikanyama which became successful in a very short amount of time. Then she was invited to work as the creative director of Arnold Palmer from 2001-2003.

In 2002, she launched her own label “TRIPTYCH”. In 2003, in order to dedicate her full time to being a designer/Creative Director/ of the label “TRIPTYCH”, she resigned from her post as the head director of “WR” and the same year released its first catwalk presentation at Tokyo Fashion Week.

In 2006 October, she finally realized her long time dream of showing her collection in Paris and recently she moved to Paris to focus more time on designing. Currently “TRIPTYCH” is sold not only in Japan but also in some boutiques in NY, Hong Kong and Taipei.

Designer

Harumi Fukuda