Bunka Fukusō Gakuin
The Bunka Fukusō Gakuin ( Japanese 文化 服装 学院 , dt. "Kulturkleidungsakademie", English Bunka Fashion College ) is a fashion school in Yoyogi , Shibuya , Tokyo , which has existed since 1923 and is one of the most famous in Japan. The fashion designer Kenzo is one of the most renowned students at this fashion school .
The Bunka Publishing Bureau honored Kenzo with a book about his work in 1985, and Kenzo returned the favor by taking part in the 1993 fashion exhibition on the occasion of the fashion school's seventieth birthday.
Well-known graduates
- Kenzo (fashion designer)
- Naomi Nishida (actress)
- Nigō (fashion designer, DJ)
- Chisato Tsumori (fashion designer)
- Jun'ya Watanabe (fashion designer)
- Yōji Yamamoto (fashion designer)
- Tamotsu Kondo (drapery artist and professor for fashion design with a focus on creative construction systems at the Academy for Fashion & Design)
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)