On February 9 (Sat) New York Fashion Week, the Asia Fashion Collection (Asia Fashion Collection, hereinafter referred to as AFC) project to unearth and incubate young Asian young designers organized by Bantan Co., Ltd. and PARCO Co., We held a runway show "Asia Fashion Collection New York Stage (New York Stage)".
(From the image left: Japan: Minori Yanagase "FEY MINORIYANAGASE", Japan: Kenichi Ishida "kenichi.", Japan: Hayami Kannon "KANON")
At the New York stage, young designers from Asian countries are invited to participate in 3 brands from Japan, 1 brand from Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand and 1 brand from the world's top class design school Parsons School of Design (Parsons) Performed a runway show.
On the day, 350 fashion participants from all over the world, including Vogue, WWD Japan, ELLE, London Post media and BEAMS buyers, got a big cheer at the end of the show.
The brand collection of designers who participated in the New York stage will be exhibited on the 2nd floor of Ikebukuro PARCO · Main Building from April 5 (Friday) to 25th (Thursday). The AFC Executive Committee aims to develop Asian fashion industry by discovering and incubating young Asian young designers from now on.
(From the left image, Japan: Kenichi Ishida "kenichi.", Japan: Hayami Kannon "KANON", Japan: Minori Yanagase "FEY MINORIYANAGASE")
(From the left image, Korea: Ayoung Kim "CAHIERS", Taiwan: Joe Chan "TSUNG YU CHAN", Thailand: Titat Kuantrakul / Vilasinee Suralertrungsri "TITAT", Parsons: Hyun Kyeong Jung "HYUN JUNG")
(AFC New York stage finale image)
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【NY stage participating brand / designer / hometown】
Japan: "kenichi. (Kenichi)"
Kenichi Ishida (Kenichi Ishida) * Vantan Design Institute
"KANON (Canon)" Hayada Kannon (Hayata Canon) * Osaka Cultural Gifts College
"FEY MINORIYANAGASE (Fayminolyanagasete)"
Minori Yanagase (Minako Yanagas) * Osaka Institute of Cultural Studies
Korea: "CAHIERS (Caiye)" Ayoung Kim (Ayong Kim)
Taiwan: "TSUNG YU CHAN (Tsui Yu Tsang)" Joe Chan (Joe Tsang)
Thailand: "TITAT (Titat)"
Titat Kuantrakul (Titat Quantrakul),
Vilasinee Suralertrungsri (Villasie Suleilanrani)
Parsons: "HYUN JUNG (Hyan Jung)"
Hyun Kyeong Jung (Hyan Kyon John)
(- Designers after the show – from the left, Titit Quantrakul, Villasy Sulei Lamranki, Hyan Kiyon John, Kenichi Ishida, Chairman and CEO Bantan Hiroshi Ishikawa, Parco Executive Officer Mizoguchi Dake, Yanagase Minori, Hayada Kanon, Ayong Kim, Joe Tsang)
【Asia Fashion Collection New York Stage Implementation Outline】 ※ NYFW Official Content
Name: Asia Fashion Collection New York Stage
(Asia Fashion Collection New York Stage)
Contents: Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Parsons
Runway show by Asian representative designer
Date and time: Saturday, February 9, 2019 20: 00
* New York local time (Japan time: 10th February 10)
Location: Gallery II at Spring Studios (50 Varick Street, Floor 5, New York)
Organized by: Asia Fashion Collection Executive Committee
Sponsorship: Korea Fashion Association,
Taiwan Textile Federation, SIAM PIWAT, WWD Japan,
Fashionsnap.com, Parsons School of Design
Sponsorship: Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Eye · Fashion Co., Ltd., Citatel, MODA TOKYO,
ORIBE, MARY KAY, Yukie Nail New York
Official website: http://asiafashioncollection.com/
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asiafashioncollection/
【What is AFC】
AFC is a project to discover and incubate Asian young designers sponsored by Bantan Co., Ltd. and PARCO Co., Ltd. (support for entrepreneurship). Young designers from Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan are participating. With the TOKYO stage to be held in October as the final selection, the right to participate in international exhibitions such as the runway debut at New York Fashion Week, Taipei IN Style (Taipei in style) and the collection at PARCO We compete by betting on the opening of exhibitions and pop-up shops.
The NY stage is recognized as the official content of "New York Fashion Week: The Shows", and designers from Asia also participate from Parsons School of Design (Parsons), which is one of the world's three largest design schools in the fashion field . A young designer representing Asian countries will make a runway debut at New York Fashion Week.
【About AFC Executive Committee】
Vantan http://www.vantan.jp/
Since its founding in 1965, it is a specialized school that specializes in creative fields and develops human resources. "Practical Design Education" in collaboration with the industry in fields such as fashion, hair makeup, beauty, graphic design, movie video, photo, game, animation, cartoon, pastry shop, cafe, food coordinator etc, welcoming active professional creator as instructor We have developed an educational business to nurture talent who is an immediate fighting force and has produced over 190,000 graduates so far. 【Tokyo · Osaka】
PARCO (Parco) http://www.parco.co.jp/
Since opening "Ikebukuro PARCO" in 1969, he actively introduces cultures such as music, art and theater as well as fashion, discovering and supporting various new talent. As a corporate stance of PARCO, we focus on "Discovering and supporting new talent" in each business area such as shopping center business, entertainment business, comprehensive space business, specialty shop business, Web & EC business. Its initiatives are not limited to Japan, but it is developing globally, such as supporting the growth of overseas young designers and supporting the growth of Japanese designers and creators overseas. The brand that grew through "discovery and support of new talent" in each business and the network spreading sympathetic axes have led to new efforts of our business.
(※) What is Vantan Design Institute "X-SEED (Exceed)"?
The Vantan Design Laboratory, which specializes in the creative field, including the fashion field, operates a special promotion class "X-SEED" that learns Asian highest creative creativity in English classes by world standard professionals . We support independence of many designers so far, featuring Incubation Support Program for Brand Independence, Item Production Background Support System, Classroom Management for Japanese English and Design Teaching in a Small Group Tutoring Format.
Vantan Design Institute "X-SEED": http://www.vantan.com/xseed/
(※) What is Parsons School of Design
Parsons School of Design is a prestigious private university founded in 1896 in New York / Manhattan.
Since I started educating fashion design and interior design for the first time in the United States, I have been teaching practical emphasis that always aims at cutting edge design education and boasting absolute recognition in the world as one of the world's three largest fashion schools I will. Among the schoolwomen who are liberal and respecting autonomy, we have produced a large number of large-scale designers such as Mark Jacobs, Ana Sui, Tom Ford, Alexander One, and Dana Karan. Many of over 700 lecturers will be active artists and designers who have succeeded in the world as well as New York. 32% of about 5,000 students are international students, international design school full of design.
As VIP (Vantan International Program), as the only unit certification school in Asia, we have achieved about 100 Parsons studies so far.
