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 March 17th |
■ symposium
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Fashion and Culture of
"Cool Japan"
－－How the world sees it－－
Japan is attracting worldwide attention. Via the late-19th-century
Japonism and 1980's so-called "**Black Revolution**",
the world's eyes are again set on this far east land for the third time.
This multi-faceted country is widely known for its own Street Fashion,
Otaku, Manga, Animation,
Films, Literature - What is it that the world sees through its eyes ?
In the midst of today's global movement, this symposium will be held as a
Japan Fashion
Week in Tokyo kickoff event, aimed at transmitting the originality
of the Japanese fashion and other cultural contents spontaneously.
This project is also directed towards reenlightening the Japanese industries
as well
as the Japanese general public on the Japanese culture and its value, which
tend
to be rather overlooked or underrated.
We would like to suggest that we should discover the key to creating a
better future
not in chasing after the West but in exploring our own culure and values
that we have long developed.
We sincerely hope that this symposium will help produce new Japanese fashion
icons or concepts and contribute to their success. |
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| ■Date： |
Friday, 17 March 2006 |
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Doors open 4:00 pm / Lecture runs 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
| ■Location： |
at KURENAI tent in front of Shotoku Kinen Kaigakan (Shotoku
Memorial Art Gallery), Meiji Jingu Gaien (Meiji Shrine Outer Garden) |
| ■Capacity： |
350 seats |
| ■Programme： |
(accompanied with a simultaneous interpreter) |
【Keynote Lecture.I】 |
| Ms Suzy Menkes (Fashion editor of the International
Herald Tribune) |
| on "Japanese Fashion : from a western perspective" |
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【Keynote Lecture.II】 |
| Mr Jean-Marie Bouissou, director of CERI (Centre for
International
Research and Studies within the National Political Science Foundation) |
| on "How to utilize the image of Japan across the world " |
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【Conprehensive Lecture】 |
| Ms Helene Kassimatis |
| on "What the European fashion industry learned from the Japanese culture" |
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□Lecturer brief profile
| 【Keynote Lecture.I】 |
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Suzy Menkes
Fashion Editor of the International Herald Tribune
Ms Suzy Menkes
Majored in History at Cambridge University, Britain.
Internationally renowned, Paris-based fashion journalist.
Ms. Menkes's widely acclaimed, incisive reporting covers the universe
of style, from haute couture to fashion on the street.
Her close association with the British Royal Family enabled her to publish
"The Royal Jewels "in 1985 and "Queen and Country"in 1992.
In 2005, Ms Menkes was named an officer of the Order of the British Empire
for her services to journalism. |
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| 【Keynote Lecture.II】 |
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Mr Jean-Marie Bouissou
(Sciences-PO Center for International Studies and Research)
Graduate from ecole normale superieure.
Director of CERI (Ecole normale superieure graduate,Centre for International Research and Studies within
the National Political Science Foundation) Also the director of the Asia
Programme.
French expert on Japanese political economy and
culture with a fifteen-year residnece in Japan. Author of 『Quand les
sumos apprennent a danser―La fin du modele Japonais』("When the Sumo
Wrestlers
Learn to Dance-the end of the Japanese model"), published by Fayard in 2003. |
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| 【Conprehensive Lecture】 |
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Ms Helene Kassimatis
-Professor at Institut Francais de la Mode (Fashion
Institute of France)
Majored in Economic Science at University of Paris. IFM graduate. Joined
Peclers, a French trend research company, and worked to develop
spinning technologies, women's wear and lingerie. Established
fashion business consultant, in contact with numerous European-based
major companies in the realms of fashion, distribution and cosmetics. |
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| ■ Sponsor ： Fashion Strategy Forum |
| ■ Project management ： Institute for the Fashion Industries Business School |
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