While New York Fashion Week began to take over the US city, on the opposite side of the globe Tokyo was already well in the midst of its own fashion frenzy as Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo (FWT) held its SS25 season. The event, hosted by Japan Fashion Week Organisation (JFWO), welcomed a total of 33 brands across its six day span, wrapping up on...
10 Sept 2024
Rakuten fashion week Tokyo ss24 is in full swing, running from Monday, August 28 to Saturday, September 2, 2023. As is always the case, attendees take their attire very seriously. Tokyo street style is often referred to as ‘Harajuku.’ Harajuku refers to an area in metropolitan Tokyo and is most known for its eccentric street style culture, hence...
1 Sept 2023
Since Japan began easing its Covid restrictions a year ago, the country has been in a continued state of recovery, attempting to breathe new life into its internal fashion industry. This was the central task of the AW23 edition of Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo (FWT), which returned to almost full capacity for the first time since the pandemic hit....
21 Mar 2023
Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo fall and winter 2022 is taking place from March 14 to 19, at the main venues of Shibuya Hikarie, the Omotesando Hills, and various other locations chosen by individual brands. Japan has been working on slowly returning to a post-pandemic world as Tokyo Fashion Week returned to mostly in-person shows for the first time...
18 Mar 2022
Tokyo Fashion Week is returning to mostly in-person shows for the first time in two years. 30 of the 54 participating designers will be doing physical shows. Japan is slowly working on returning to a post-pandemic world, as the globe still combats the COVID-19 pandemic. Tokyo Fashion Week is currently scheduled for March 14 to 19....
9 Feb 2022
Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo fall and winter 2021 took place from March 15 to 20, from Shibuya Hikarie to the Omotesando Hills. A total of 51 brands participated in various physical and virtual events. Although Japan’s coronavirus infection rate has not diminished, Tokyoites still donned their finest streetwear and celebrated the capital’s fashion...
28 Apr 2021
Fashion industry wholesale platform Joor announced on Wednesday that it would be partnering with the Arab Fashion Council and Japan Fashion Week Organization to power key events this fall. Tokyo Fashion Award, Arab Fashion Week Season 12 and Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo will all make use of Joor’s digital platform Passport to centralize their...
3 Jul 2020
A growing list of global events are being canceled due to the coronavirus. The latest victim is Tokyo’s Rakuten Fashion Week, which was to take place from 16 to 21 March. Already travel, corporate, religious and now fashion events are being canceled, which for many means disruption to both their professional and social calendars. Global fashion...
2 Mar 2020
Rakuten to become headline sponsor for Tokyo Fashion Week. “Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO” to be held in October 2019. Tokyo, August 1, 2019 – Rakuten Inc. and the Japan Fashion Week Organization (“JFWO”) today announced that the two organizations have formed a partnership which will make Rakuten the headline sponsor for TOKYO Fashion Week. Based...
29 Aug 2019
Akari Miyazu presents its' Fall/Winter collection at Tokyo Fashion Week designed by Akari Miyazu. Source: Kendam, YouTube.
29 Mar 2019
Loose-fitting "modest wear" combines with monotone sporty minimalism in the unconventional motifs of Rani Hatta's Muslim-influenced collection. Eschewing the hijab, her female models cover their hair with a baseball-like cap worn over a tight hood and stylish big turtle-neck collar. The up-and-coming Indonesian designer is working to prove that...
23 Mar 2017
For years headquartered in dull but convenient shopping malls, Tokyo Fashion Week has always been a poor cousin to the artistry of Paris or the commercial dynamism of New York. But this season a growing number of designers are branching out in search of new pastures, consciously or sub-consciously taking tips from the more seasoned fashion weeks...
