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Unveiling the Graduates 2024 collection: Bunka Fashion College

As the class of 2024 completes their academic journey in becoming fashion professionals, Bunka Fashion College recently showcased the graduates' final collections with huge success. Stepping into the fashion industry, those collections play a crucial role for graduates to expand their network and share their work. As the international B2B...

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Post-Kenzo and Miyake: 'A turning point for Japanese fashion'

At Tokyo's prestigious Bunka Fashion College, students concentrate in silence that is broken only by the sound of scissors and sewing machines as they strive to emulate the global success of alumni like Kenzo. The loss of greats Kenzo Takada and Issey Miyake heralds the end of a fashion era, decades after Japanese design revolutionised Parisian...

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How Japan's first dressmaking school changed women's lives

Born out of a drive to make Western-style clothing accessible, Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College unleashed a sartorial and social revolution among Japanese women after it opened nearly a century ago. And while its current 21-storey concrete structure in the heart of Tokyo's business district doesn't scream high-fashion, it is the place to be for...

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Business of Fashion launches online fashion courses

London-based publication Business of Fashion has launched a new education platform on its site that includes free online fashion courses providing fashion students with insight into how the fashion industry works, how to grow fashion businesses and advice on how to advance in fashion. The platform has launched a series of online courses, which...

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Simons hosts exclusive Dior Couture show for fashion students

Creative director for legendary fashion house Dior, Raf Simons, is giving back to the fashion learning community. The Belgian fashion designer decided to host a special Dior couture show on Sunday for the brightest fashion students from around the world. Sixteen schools were invited to participate and send their best students, including the...