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The Tokyo Fashion Award 2023 & the Fashion Prize Tokyo
by Modem – Posted May 29 2022
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Tokyo is not one of the leading international fashion capitals solely because of the importance of its Fashion Week and more than 120 multi-brand stores dedicated to fashion designer brands.
But also so because it is an incubator that constantly produces new aesthetic propositions for fashion .
From Tokyo have emerged Japan's most prestigious fashion designers, including Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo, Kenzo Takada, Yohji Yamamoto, Junya Watanabe and Tsumori Chisato.
For this reason, the Tokyo Fashion Award, and the Fashion Prize Tokyo focus only on Tokyo-based designers.

Established in 2014, the Tokyo Fashion Award, sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Japan Fashion Week Promotion Organization (JFWO), aims to support Tokyo-based designers to expand their business internationally.

Several winners from previous editions have acquired a international notoriety and established themselves in the fashion market. including: Facetasm, Sulvam, and wander, Doublet, Children of the discordance.

The call for entries period for the Tokyo Fashion Award 2023 closes on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 and for Fashion Prize Tokyo closes on Thursday July 7, 2022.

The announcement of the results will be made during the "Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO SS 2023" - August 29 to September 03, 2022

For the Tokyo Fashion Award winners, an independent showroom, "showroom.tokyo", will be opened during Paris Fashion Week in January/February and June/September 2023. For the Fashion Prize Tokyo winner, a presentation of the collection will be organized at Paris Fashion Week in January and June 2023 (if men's collection) or February and September (if women's)

For the winners of the two Awards, an event will be held during "Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO FW 2023 " in March 2023.

The Jury : Tomomi Miyamoto and Takumi Yamagai (Hanshin Department Store Co.), Shuhei Ishida and Yui Sakiya (Isetan Mitsukoshi Co.), Taiju Nakane and Sawanoi Saiko (Tokyo Base Co., Ltd), Shinsaku Masuda an Tomomi Asako (United Arrows Ltd), Nickelson Wooster (Wooster Consultancy), Sarah Andelman (Just an Idea)

The winners of the 7th Tokyo Fashion Award

Credit Photo : Kidill and Pays des fées

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