Fashion Week in Tokyo

For those who think Paris Fashion Week in Ocotber is the last stop in their busy fall schedule, think again. Tokyo will host Japan Fashion Week, which is thought to take place at the end of October.

The initiative is being called "a Paris collection with a Tokyo style". Minister of economy, trade and industry, Shoichi Nakagawa, proposed the building of a special tent in Tokyo Park where the shows will be held. He hopes that this will tempt designers like Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto back to Japan to show their new collections. Nakagawa said that fashion is an area to promote intellectual asset-based industrial strategies. He added that it is his hope that this will give Japanese manufacturers a chance to produce attractive threads and materials found only in Japan, thereby stimulating their business.