Author: bunkaglobalfashion

GFC alumna and current administrative assistant Saskia Thoelen appeared as the reporter for Trails to Oishii Tokyo, a television program by NHK World. In this episode, featuring Matcha, Saskia had the opportunity to interview several renowned matcha makers, tea specialists and restaurant owners.

For those who are interested, the program can be seen on-demand through the following link:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/oishii/20190612/2054091/

She participated in other episodes introducing mikan, kanpyo and buri.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/oishii/20191120/2054101/
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2054098/
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2054107/?cid=wohk-fb-org_vod_ttot_buri-202002-001&fbclid=IwAR1hk7Gsoj8Dzcd5mmv_TZ3EmJFuEjxHxIsFhPAsj2–4h6mzM6J7jGhAlU

Saskia also appeared on the program Journeys in Japan, talking about the Sawara festival and the Nakanojo Art Biënnale.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/journeys/20191022/2007397/
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2007390/

NHK, the Japanese only public broadcast company, launched the ZARA x Bunka Collaboration news (in English) on NHK World. For those who are interested, please check it out through the following link.

Over the past days and weeks, our ZARA x Bunka collaboration project has been shared by many magazines. We are very honored and happy for all this promotion, especially for the students, as this promotion is a major opportunity for them as future designers.

An overview of a part of the articles that were published can be found below:

Metropolis Tokyo

Mainichi Shimbun

WWD Japan

i-D Japan

NL Vogue

DE Vogue

The collection of the ZARA x Bunka collaboration project VIEW.S will be sold at the online shops of ZARA worldwide from the 7th of June, 2018.
Furthermore, the collection will also be sold at ZARA Shinjuku／ZARA Nagoya／ZARA Shinsaibashisuji.
You can visit the ZARA online store here.

On June 5, 2018, the national broadcasting company NHK came to visit Global Fashion Concentration to interview our students about the ZARA x Bunka collaboration that is currently available at the ZARA Roppongi pop-up store.
It was a wonderful opportunity for our students to talk about the project. The interview was broadcasted on the NHK news the same evening.