Event Schedule
3:00pm
Fashion Show Opening Remarks
・Mikio Mori (Ambassador, Consul General of Japan in New York)
・Jim Kenney (Mayor of Philadelphia)
・Frederick Dickinson (Professor of History and Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania)
3:45pm
Performance /Traditional Japanese bamboo flute(shakuhachi) and sword battle
4:00pm
Award Ceremony
Venue
Pennsylvania University @Iron Gate Theate (3700 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104)
Entrance
Free
Designers
: Quang Pham, Risa Fugetsu, Shirley Liu, Lon’yea Ellis, Mahdiya Trudeau-Willams, Melissa Briner, James Mamrol, Jirapa Monchaitanapat, Joee Fung, Dianchen Cai
Judges
Elissa Bloom
Executive Director of the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator at Macy’s Center City. She has been with the organization since 2011 and launched the successful initiative which is now used as an international model for fashion incubation.
Osamu Saito
Established Yohji Europe S.A., a French branch of Yohji Yamamoto S.A., to expand the Yohji Yamamoto brand into Europe and the United States. He served as President of Issey Miyake Europe S.A. for three years from 2007. In 2008, he was awarded the “Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” .
Performers
Shinnosuke Mizuki / Sword battle
Kenshi Maeda / Traditional Japanese bamboo flute (Shakuhachi)
Theme
Enshu Men Tsumugi
The production of traditional Shizuoka Enshu Men Tsumugi textiles has been continuing since the Edo period (1603-1868). Honoring tradition, the yarn is dyed in colors that evoke images of Japan’s four distinct seasons, and the fabric is still woven carefully on traditional looms at no more than 25 meters/day to ensure it is incredibly soft to touch. During the Meiji period (1868-1912), inspired by the demand for such soft and exceptional fabric, the city of Hamamatsu saw the introduction of the power loom and its textile industry formed an industrial base that includes the Toyota and Suzuki motor companies and instrument manufacturer, Yamaha, while it remains one of Japan’s three largest textile production areas to this day.
Hosted by
SAKURA COLLECTION, Consulate General of Japan in NY (在ニューヨーク 日本国総領事館), The Center for East Asian Studies, The City of Philadelphia
Sponsored by
ANA, Mt. Fuji Japanese Steakhouse, NUKUMORI KOUBOU, Zesda