Models display creations by Thai designer Pim Sukhahuta during the Sretsis 2015-16 autumn/winter collection in Tokyo on March 16, 2015 for the opening of the Fashion Week Tokyo. - AFP
Shinoda said Tokyo maintained its position at the helm of Asian fashion thanks to its strong street style, which is “edgy and punk”, but she warned that other regional centres were catching up.
“The Thai government has invested so much in fashion,” she told AFP, calling for more “incubation programmes” to develop new Japanese talent.
“At the moment Tokyo is number one, but we have to keep up the effort.”
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