Bunka Fashion College
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Bunka Fashion College (文化服装学院 Bunka Fukuso Gakuin) is a prestigious Japanese college specializing in the teaching of fashion design and related disciplines in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The College is known for its strict curriculum and heavy workload. It has over 70 branches all over Japan and has exchange programs with Central Saint Martins in London and Parsons in New York.
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[edit] Overview
The College was founded in 1919 by Isaburo Namiki as a small dressmaking school for girls called Namiki Dressmaking School, at a time when western-style clothing for women was still considered modern and only were available for affluent families. In 1936, the name of the school became Bunka Fashion College, and the school began publishing So-en, Japan's first fashion magazine.
In the 2007 fashion showcase, students created a collection worth 1.2 million dollars by sewing 1500 Austrian gold coins (on loan to the school) to create a gown and two jackets. The dress weighed 22 pounds and the jackets weighed 46 total. [1]
The college has produced a number of prominent fashion designers working internationally, among which are Kenzo Takada, Junya Watanabe and Yohji Yamamoto.
[edit] Notable alumni
Famous alumni include (fashion designers unless otherwise stated):
- Chie Koike
- Tokio Kumagai
- Kenzo Takada
- Keita Maruyama
- Tetsuya Miwa (from the band Spitz)
- Nigo
- Naomi Nishida (actress)
- Hiroaki Ohya
- Jun Takahashi
- Limi Yamamoto
- Yohji Yamamoto.[1]
- Junko Koshino
- Hiroko Koshino
- Tsumori Chisato
Yuko Kosuge
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Yoji Yamamoto," New York Magazine. Spring 2009.
[edit] References
- Shoji, Kaori. "Turning outthe vanguard of Japan design," International Herald-Tribune. August 2, 2005.
- "Yoji Yamamoto," Womens Wear Daily.
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