There are many Japanese fashion designers, but these two designers are among TOP fashion designers.
YOHJI YAMAMOTO
- Born in Japan in 1943
- Graduate of the prestigious Keio University and Bunka Fashion College (Bunkafukuso Gakuin)
- In 1970, he began designing women's clothing
- Achieved greater recognition after showing his spring/summer collection in Paris in 1983.
- Use of a simple palette - black, navy and white - with occasional splashes of color
- ONLY ONE - Japanese fashion designer awarded the French Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettre
- WINNER of the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prize in 1986.
Example of his COLLECTIONS that have Japanese elements in his design
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JUNYA WATANABE
- A graduate of Bunka Fashion College
- e debuted as an independent designer in 1994 and has his first show in Paris three years later.
- He uses more obviously Oriental motifs and "introduces the essence of the kimono" into his designs
- like to increase the popularity of the kimono among young Japanese
- his designs are available in the US and Europe as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan.
