Junko Koshino
Fashion Design by Junko Koshino
“What led you to hold a fashion show in China?” That’s what Li Zhao asked me at a party after she hosted “China’s biggest fashion show” at the Beijing Hotel in 1985 at a time when her husband, Hu Yaobang, was general secretary of the Communist Party. This was a ti
Junko Koshino
Fashion Design by Junko Koshino
Timeless Style
2015 marks the 400th anniversary of the Rimpa School of Japanese painting. This world-class cultural sphere of creation established during the Edo period has a uniquely Japanese approach to aesthetics derived from a sense of beauty that arose fro
Junko Koshino
Fashion Design by Junko Koshino
Tokyo’s Fashion Queen and Tony Award-nominee Junko Koshino, renowned for her cutting edge clothes, costume and uniform designs, shares the latest in Tokyo’s fashion scene.
IT was five years ago that I saw the Ryukyu Kaiensai Fireworks Festival, which celebrated
Junko Koshino
Fashion Design by Junko Koshino
Tokyo’s Fashion Queen and Tony Award-nominee Junko Koshino, renowned for her cutting edge clothes, costume and uniform designs, shares the latest in Tokyo’s fashion scene.
TJ : You are going to Brazil to prepare for an art exhibition. What do you like the mos
Junko Koshino
Tokyo’s Fashion Queen and Tony Award-nominee Junko Koshino, renowned for her fashion, costume and uniform design, shares the latest in Tokyo’s fashion scene.
Junko Koshino
TJ: What was the first article of clothing you ever designed? KOSHINO: When I was in the third grade I made a s
Life is like a Festival
Try no matter what happens. Move forward without looking away
Life is like a Festival
I was born in Kishiwada, Osaka, a town surrounding the Kishiwada Castle. It is known for its Danjiri Matsuri Cart-Pulling Festival held the third weekend of September and attracting some 600,000 visitors. Th
Fashion Design by Junko Koshino
Tokyo’s Fashion Queen and Tony Award-nominee Junko Koshino, renowned for her fashion, costume and uniform design, shares the latest in Tokyo’s fashion scene.
Junko Koshino
TJ: Can you tell us about your recent projects? Koshino: In 2012, I did the costume design for The Art of Japan Dr
Fashion Design by Junko Koshino
Tokyo’s Fashion Queen and Tony Award Nominee Junko Koshino, renowned for her fashion, costume and uniform design, shares the latest in Tokyo’s fashion scene.
Junko Koshino
TJ: How did you first get started in fashion design? Koshino: My mother owned her own clothing boutique in Osaka