SAKURA COLLECTION FASHION design AWARD



ファッションデザインアワード



SAKURA COLLECTION Fashion Design Awardは、日本の伝統産業と世界の若手クリエイターを結び、未来への新しいアイデアを生み出すことを目的に開催されます。 2012〜2019年、アジアを中心としたファッション学生を対象に「日本」をテーマにしたデザインアワードを実施し、計7ヶ国で32回のグランプリ大会を開催しました。 2020年からは、「日本の素材」をテーマにしたインターナショナルコンクールとしてうまれ変わり、毎回日本の伝統素材を使用した素晴らしいデザインが世界中から寄せられています。


The SAKURA COLLECTION Fashion Design Award aims to connect Japan's traditional industry with young creators from around the world to generate new ideas for the future. From 2012 to 2019, the Fashion design award was held for fashion students, mainly from Asia, on the theme of "Japan," with a total of 32 grand prix competitions in seven countries. Since 2020, the competition has expanded to an international scale by proposing the theme of "Japanese materials", and each time wonderful designs using traditional Japanese materials are submitted from all over the world.





SAKURA COLLECTION 2022
Fashion Design Award
in New York



October 8



SAKURA COLLECTIONファッションデザインアワード、次回はニューヨークで開催！

作品を世界から募集中です！





Application form

https://forms.gle/ujcLZD9YcWhpiA326


Application deadline

August 13, 2022


Bishu Reclaimed Wool

Bishu

The name "Bishu" is a common name for the ancient province of Owari. In this region, agriculture and the textile industry, especially weaving, have thrived since ancient times. This can be attributed to the abundance of water from the Kiso River and the fertile and warm Nobi Plain, which provided good soil for mulberry fields (silk for sericulture) and cotton fields (cotton yarn), as well as soft water suitable for dyeing and finishing of yarn and fabrics. This has continued with the production of woolen fabrics, which have become famous in modern times. Biella in Italy, Huddersfield in the U.K., and Bishu in Japan are known as one of the world's three major textile production areas.


Bishu Reclaimed Wool

For more than half a century, Bishu has been producing recycled wool by spinning and reweaving surplus wool yarns and unwanted wool clothing. The technique is highly regarded and has attracted worldwide attention as a sustainable recycled wool. The surplus wool yarns are separated by color and re-spun, so the colors of the original materials are preserved, resulting in deep shades. Since there is no dyeing process and large amounts of water and electricity are not used, it is an environmentally friendly material that has little impact on the environment during the production process.



Entry fee

Free entry


Prize

A round-trip ticket to Japan


Judges

Sebastian Masuda

Art director


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” .



Hosted by

SAKURA COLLECTION, Consulate General of Japan in NY (在ニューヨーク 日本国総領事館)


Sponsored by

NAKADEN, Mt. Fuji Japanese Steakhouse


Special Cooperation

Zesda





SAKURA COLLECTION 2022
Fashion Design Award
in Philadelphia



July 6, 3pm



SAKURA COLLECTIONファッションデザインアワード、アメリカで初開催しました！





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





Past Awards 2020-2021



2020〜2021年過去のアワード



2020年からは、「日本の素材」をテーマにしたインターナショナルコンクールとしてうまれ変わり、毎回日本の伝統素材を使用した素晴らしいデザインが世界中から寄せられています。


Since 2020, the competition has expanded to an international scale by proposing the theme of "Japanese materials", and each time wonderful designs using traditional Japanese materials are submitted from all over the world.





Past Awards 2012-2019



2012〜2019年過去のアワード



2012～2019年、アジアを中心としたファッション学生を対象に「日本」をテーマにしたデザインアワードを国ごとに実施しました。ファイナリスト10名を選出し、各国でグランプリ大会を開催。 各国のグランプリを獲得した学生を日本に招待し、SAKURA COLLECTIONイベントを開催します。

アジアの若手クリエイターの活躍の機会、国境を超えた横のつながりを創出。また、デザインを通じて、アジアの学生が日本文化を知るきっかけづくりを行ってきました。

これまでに7カ国で開催し、32名のグランプリを輩出しました。


From 2012 to 2019, SAKURA COLLECTION held design awards under the theme of "Japan," mainly for fashion students in Asia, and these awards produced 32 grands prix.





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