From heritage tailoring to Gen Z energy, Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO 2026 A/W proved that Japanese fashion is no longer following global trends - it’s creating them. Tokyo has always existed in its own fashion universe. But this season, Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO 2026 A/W felt different. Bigger. Sharper. More emotional. Under the theme “Be the seam that connects the world,” the event transformed Tokyo into a global meeting point where tradition, technology, craftsmanship, and

On September 2, 2025, the Bench Design Awards announced the winners of the Philippines Fashion Design Awards at Shibuya Hikari Hall. These brands were: STEPHVERANO , which creates clothes using items such as swim rings and fishing tackle. He assembles them in three-dimensional form using hand quilting and other embroidery techniques. Nadalē, a brand known for its intricate cuts and patterns, this time embodying the “inner vibrations” of work-in-flow style. The third brand, P

On September 3, 2025, another interesting brand for me, Seivson, showed at Rakuten Fashion Week. Win at 2:00 PM on the opportunities provided Shibuya Hikari Hall. The Sevison brand is quite young, it was founded in 2017. This Taiwanese brand and its products are presented in high-end stores in Taiwan. In 2022, Seivson first presented its spring-summer collection of 22 items at Tokyo Fashion Week and was recognized by WWD JAPAN readers as the most fashionable brand of the even

On September 4, 2025, at 7:00 PM, a private show of the MSML brand was held. The location of the event was not available to the general public and was only announced to those who received invitations. That's how I found out that the show would be held at Roppongi Hills Arena. MSML (Music Saved My Life) is a brand founded by three musicians in 2017. The trio, unique in the fashion world, united active musicians of the rock scene, and this distinguishes MSML from traditional b