Bunka Fashion College
Bunka Fashion College (文化服装学院, Bunka Fukuso Gakuin) is a Japanese college specializing in the teaching of fashion design and related disciplines. It is headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo and has over 70 branches throughout Japan.
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 European-style clothing for women was still considered modern and was only 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 2012, Bunka Gakuen University, the neighboring institute of higher education linked with the college, opened a Masters level course in Fashion Studies aimed at foreign students. This course is called the Global Fashion Concentration and is taught completely in English. [1]
The college has produced a number of prominent fashion designers working internationally, including Kenzo Takada, Junya Watanabe and Yohji Yamamoto.
Notable alumni
Famous alumni include (fashion designers unless otherwise stated):
- Kenzo Takada
- Tetsuya Miwa (from the band Spitz)
- Nigo
- Naomi Nishida (actress)
- Yohji Yamamoto.[2]
- Tsumori Chisato
- Tomoe Shinohara
- Misha Janette (Blogger)
Access
The main campus in Shinjuku is about an 8-minute walk from JR Shinjuku Station and about a 3-minute walk from the #6 exit of the Toei Shinjuku subway station.
Notes
- ^ [1] "Bunka Gakuen University teachers blog"
- ^ "Yoji Yamamoto," New York Magazine. Spring 2009.
References
- Shoji, Kaori. "Turning outthe vanguard of Japan design," International Herald-Tribune. August 2, 2005.
- "Yoji Yamamoto," Women's Wear Daily.
- [2] "Bunka Gakuen University teachers blog"
External links
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