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Tokyo Fashion Week
Major fashion industry trade show in Tokyo, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tokyo Fashion Week (Japanese: 東京コレクション, also known as Tokyo Collection) is a fashion trade show held bi-annually in Tokyo, Japan. It is held twice a year with luxury, ready-to-wear, and streetwear brands presenting their spring collections and fall collections.
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It is considered one of the "Big Five" global fashion weeks due to its frequent inclusion alongside the traditional "Big Four" weeks of New York, Paris, Milan, and London.[1][2][3] This characterization is disputed by others who note that Tokyo's international influence lags its peers who make up the traditional Big Four.[4][5] In recent years, promoting internationalization of Tokyo Fashion Week and Japan's fashion industry has been a key priority for industry leaders.[6][7]
Tokyo Fashion Week is particularly known as the world's leading showcase for avant-garde and experimental fashion, as well as Tokyo streetwear.[8][9][10] It is the largest fashion week in Asia.[4]
Since 2019, Rakuten, Japanese technology conglomerate, has been the title sponsor branding the event as the Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo.[6] Prior title sponsors have included Amazon Fashion and Mercedes-Benz.[11][12] The 2020 show was canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]