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.
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KOSHINO: It has a future. It creates visions one after another, like the World Cup and the Olympic Games.
TJ: What is important for you when working globally?
KOSHINO: To act from a global point of view.
TJ: What is the most exciting thing you have experienced abroad?
KOSHINO: A show at the Cabaret Tropicana in Cuba and a dinner show in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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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 most about Brazil?
KOSHINO: It has a future. It creates visions one after another, like the World Cup and the Olympic Games.
TJ: What is important for you when working globally?
KOSHINO: To act from a global point of view.
TJ: What is the most exciting thing you have experienced abroad?
KOSHINO: A show at the Cabaret Tropicana in Cuba and a dinner show in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
TJ: Where would you like to visit again and why?
KOSHINO: Venice: the scenes in the town remind me of those in the movies.
TJ: What do you like and dislike about the fashion industry?
KOSHINO: The thing I like the most is the potential of fashion; it can be thought about in many ways. What I like the least is that I donât like to be bound by the frame of fashion.
TJ: Do you have any ongoing projects?
KOSHINO: âFemales in the Edo Eraâ in the Guimet Museum, Paris.
TJ:Do you have any goals you are pursuing?
KOSHINO: I have no goals, although I am forever pursuing something.
TJ: Does going abroad inspire you?
KOSHINO: I am always thinking of Japan. I work abroad in order to confirm my thoughts about Japan and to encounter lots of people.
TJ: What are the most important factors and skills to succeed in fashion design?
KOSHINO: Encountering people makes us creative and gives us a fresh sensitivity. It is important to observe the present because the value in fashion always changes. Basically, efforts to improve quality are important and originality is an advantage.
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