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Main Feature: Through the Gate to the World of Design! - The cutting edge of designer training in Tokyo
More than ten new designers, the most ever, debuted at Japan Fashion Week in March. Aguri Sagimori was the youngest ever at 22, a first-generation fellow of the Vantan Design Institute's Atelier X-seed project for talented young designers. The program provides promotional opportunities and business counseling to help young designers get on track.
The Tokyo fashion industry is seeking to differentiate itself from Paris and Milan as a gateway to the world of fashion. We report on the collections of rising debutantes of the March Japan Fashion Week and find out how they made it through the gate.

Around Fashion: New brand business in Tokyo
The h NAOTO brand drew the gaze at the Japan Fashion Week with its popular Gothic-Lolita designs and punk taste. The brand is also known for a unique sales strategy: There are 36 labels under the h NAOTO umbrella. It has multiplied sales by attracting clients from one label to another. We bring you the latest on brand business in the ever-diversifying Tokyo scene.

Street: Toshi Ota(2) Omote Sando
Photographer and documentary film director Toshi Ota selects the five hottest and most fashionable streets in Tokyo for our May-June editions. All five are in and around the fashion hub of Shibuya.
The second edition features Omote Sando, a place of vanguard youth fashion.