2010 New Designer Fashion Grand Prix.
It’s Your Turn to Create the Future. Submit creations for Women's Wear or Men's Wear Categories


The final selection event for the “2010 New Designer Fashion Grand Prix” was held at Tokyo Midtown (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan) on October 15, 2010 (Fri.).
A total of 27 original creations made from design drawings selected by judges in the primary stage of the competition were judged in fashion show-style. Models paraded the creations in front of eight judges, who then awarded points for the creations that most appealed to them.
The Grand Prix was awarded to one creation; two creations were awarded the Prize for Excellence, one for each the Women’s Wear and Men’s Wear categories; five creations were awarded the Workmanship Prize; and 19 creations were awarded Honorable Mention.

Women’s Wear Category
Yuya Miura
Occupation: Student (Sugino Fashion College)
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Georges de La Tour’s Candle Light and his Era
The creation was inspired by the candle light in La Tour’s drawings. Layers of soft tulle fabric are used to express the contrast between light and dark.
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Women’s Wear Category
Yuya Onishi
Yukihiro Togo
Occupation: Freelance
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Denguri
The original idea of the design came from traditional Japanese “denguri” paper. The cloth consists of many layers sewn together. When the cloth is spread out, a lattice pattern can be seen on the surface of the cloth, creating a three-dimensional silhouette.
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Men’s Wear Category
Han Chul Lee
Occupation: Student (Samsung Art & Design Institute)
Applied from: South Korea
Theme: Native American Classic.
Futuristic-form padded clothing is used. Expression of the sense of lightheartedness and graphical elements in American culture is combined with Native American design.
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Women’s Wear Category
Takuya Isagawa
Occupation: Student (Esmod JaponOsaka)
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Rene Magritte.
The design was inspired by the thoughts and works of Rene Magritte, a representative Surrealist painter. The tailored collar, buttons and zipper have an uneven feel, and a unique “surreal world” is expressed.
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Women’s Wear Category
Takayuki Abe
Occupation: Student (Vantan Design Institute)
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Evolution.
Patterns with various creatures as the motif are printed on a snake skin and bead embroidery is used. The design expresses a strong and perfectly beautiful form of a highly evolved organism.
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Women’s Wear Category
Kunihiro Masuda
Occupation: Student (Bunka Fashion Graduate University)
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Boundary Surface.
The boundary is constructed with surfaces instead of lines. The structural form is expressed using three-dimensional textile. The color changes on the right and left sides, and there is gradation on the front.
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Women’s Wear Category
Chiaki Nakanose
Aya Osuka
Occupation: Student (Nakanose: Aichi Bunka Fashion College, Osuka: Nagoya University of Arts and Science)
Applied from: Japan
Theme: Divinity ˜will steal your breath away˜.
When people look at nature, art or clothes that are beautiful, they draw breath in amazement. People’s minds go completely blank and are washed totally white.
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Women’s Wear Category
Ahn Kyung Ho
Occupation: Student (KonKuk University)
Applied from: South Korea
Theme: Mutant.
The creation has a modern image incorporating the distinctive shape and texture of traditional Korean tiled roof “kiwa.” The aim of this creation is to convey a strong sense of being aware of the difference between old and new.
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