Bantan Co., Ltd. and Parco Co., Ltd. have launched a fashion contest “AFC U-18 (AFC U-Uichi Hachikachi) targeting middle and high school students by the“ Asia Fashion Collection (Asia Fashion Collection, hereinafter AFC) ”project to discover and incubate young Asian designers. The final examination of)) was done on Sunday, March 3 and announced the Grand Prix. The award winning works will be exhibited at Ikebukuro PARCO in April this year, together with the works that have been finalized. 
-Grand Prix winner Toko Murakami (center)-“AFC U-18” will be held for the second time following last year for the purpose of finding and nurturing the next generation of fashion talent. Recruitment frame expanded from last year’s high school students to junior high school students, recruiting junior high school and high school students all over Japan for fashion. It is a contest that aims to foster next-generation fashion personnel while providing extensive support to inexperienced people. The theme of the application is “Original styling you want to wear in 2019” with a focus on real close. Five style images that passed the second screening were produced in the actual costumes, and were displayed and finalized at the Bellsar Shibuya First on March 3 (Sunday). Mr. Ayano Ogura who works on “Naomi Watanabe” and “Canako Yanagihara”, Megumi Date working on “Idol Group” ANGERME “and others,” Fujita Nicole “and” Michopa (Miyu Ikeda) “in the magazine” Popteen ” Three popular stylists from Yuko Yomoto, who worked on these works, performed the final screening, and Toko Uemura was selected for the Grand Prix, and Risa Ochiai and Ningone Toga for the second Grand Prix. We will exhibit at Ikebukuro PARCO this April. [Ikebukuro PARCO exhibition summary] Location: Ikebukuro PARCO Main building 2F, special setting venue Date: April 5 (Fri)-April 11 (Thu) 10:00-21:00 Final screening including Grand Prix and semi-Grand Prix winning works We will display all the works of the 5 people who have made inroads into. [Grand Prix winning work] ※ Titles abbreviated (left) Style picture (right) Model wearing image 
Uemura Toko (Kamimura Toko) [Aichi Chiryu East High School] ■ Title: “Challenge (Challenge)” Design concept: A sporty form that makes it easy for you to be a teenager. Design for a slightly adult atmosphere. [Award winning comment] I felt a lot about the difficulty of making clothes this time. It was easy to draw a design drawing, but I was surprised that the choice of materials and accessories was particularly difficult. I was able to discover that there were a lot of things I didn’t know, so I felt that I would do my best, and it was tough, but the sense of accomplishment when I achieved it was amazing. My dream is to become a fashion designer who works overseas. [Quasi Grand Prix award winning work] ※ Title honors ・ order (left) style picture (right) model wearing image 
Ochiai Risa [Hokkaido Art High School Yokohama School] ■ Title: “Lady? Or Girl?” (Ready or Girl?) Design concept: Year when I graduated from high school this year and turned 19 years old. It is often seen as an adult, but because it is just between women and girls, it mixes “cool women” and “cute girls”. I am particular about the balance of the spread and movement of the hem, the material and size of the color and frills. (Left) style drawing (right) model wearing image 
Togawa Ningone [Kobe City Suma Shokaze High School] ■ Title: ‘My love’ Design concept: I want to be stronger, I want to be a beautiful woman with pride in Japan The theme is “Japan = Tsuru”, and the red gradient represents the strength of the crane, and the metal color expresses the strength of women. It is a style that can be worn by any person, whether it is a slender person, a round person like you. 【Scenery of award ceremony】 [AFC U-18 Final Examination / Award Ceremony Outline] Date: March 3, 2019 (Birsaru) at Shibuya First Examination criteria: Originality / Presentness / SNS Outsourcing Judge: Oshino Ayano / Stylist, Megumi Date / Stylist Yuko Yomoto / Stylist Host: Asia Fashion Collection Executive Committee (Banthan Co., Ltd. Parco) Sponsor: Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Eye Fashion Co., Ltd. Website: http://asiafashioncollection.com/hsc / [About the AFC Executive Committee] Vantan (Vantan) http://www.vantan.jp/ A specialized school specializing in human resource development since its founding in 1965. “Practical design education” linked to the industry in the fields of fashion, hair makeup, beauty, graphic design, movie image, photo, game, animation, manga, patissier, cafe, food coordinator, etc. In addition, we have developed an education project to develop human resources that can be used immediately, and have produced more than 190,000 graduates to date. [Tokyo / Osaka] Parco Co., Ltd. http://www.parco.co.jp/group/ Since the “Ikebukuro PARCO” opening in 1969, we actively introduce not only fashion but also culture such as music, art and theater. And discover and support various new talents. As PARCO’s corporate philosophy, we are focusing on “discovery and support of new talent” in each business area such as shopping center business, entertainment business, general space business, specialty store business, Web / EC business. These efforts are not limited to Japan, but we are expanding globally to support the growth of young designers overseas and to support the business growth of Japanese designers and creators overseas. A brand that has grown through “finding and supporting new talent” in each business and a network that has expanded through empathy have led to new initiatives in our business.
