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Paul, our double degree student from ENSAD, completed his exchange year with us at GFC, and decided to stay in Tokyo for another year to focus on internships. During this time, he was able to work for CFCL and Yohji Yamamoto. He shared with us his experiences at both internships:

I spent the first six months of this year at CFCL, a young Japanese company, freshly represented at PFW. Accompanied by a small design team, and in a very warm atmosphere, I had the chance to observe the functioning of a house in full expansion: a fashion show, the opening of the first physical store, photoshoots and drawings from the collections punctuated the first six months of this gap year. It was also an opportunity to discover all the immersive parts of the proper functioning of a brand and all the mechanics put in place to manage it.
For my last six months, I had a change of scenery, and started interning at the prestigious studio of Yohji Yamamoto. A dream come true, thanks to the help of Bunka! This internship taught me a rigorous working method in the pace of a major brand, and I am very grateful for the opportunity.

Paul will soon leave to return to ENSAD to finish his degree, and we wish him the best of luck!

The Graduate Fashion Foundation is a charity that bridges the gap between education and employment. The organisation brings together graduates, fashion educators and industry leaders to support and encourage the next generation of talent to reach their full potential once they have completed their studies. Their activities include the organisation of events like Graduate Fashion Week (in which our student Han Li was featured), creating industry-led projects, offering advice and guidance to ensure that graduates worldwide are supported to gain meaningful employment.

Next to Han’s work, our GFC course itself has been featured permanently on the Graduate Fashion Foundation website as a part of Bunka Gakuen University, next to the Bunka Fashion College and Bunka Fashion Graduate University. We hope to be able to feature many of our graduates in the future!

On March 18th, our first year MA student Brittany Glassey’s work will be featured on the NHK BS Program “Royal Mysteries – The Secrets of the Empress’ Dress.”

In her MA research, Brittany tackles questions around how virtual technologies can be used in the preservation, restoration and exhibition of Tangible Cultural Assets, and within this framework has done research on the taireifuku (manteau de cour) which is part of the Bunka Gakuen Costume museum collection. From last fall, she has been collaborating in the project for the Research on and Conservation, Preservation, and Reproduction of Shōken Kōtaigō’s Court Dress, organised by the Medieval Japanese Studies Institute, where she has been assisting in the recreation of the taireifuku preserved at Daishoji temple in Kyoto.

In the program, the mysteries shrouding the Daishoji taireifuku are explored. It will feature the video Brittany developed to explore how the taireifuku would look like in its restored state, making use of virtual technology.

Program title: 『ロイヤル・ミステリー　皇后のドレスの謎』

Airing schedule: March 18 (Sat.) 9PM 　NHK BS Premium

* This program might also be featured on NHK world on March 25th, we will update this page with more details

For more information, please check this link 　

Our first generation GFC-EnsAD double degree alumnus Adrien Testard will be holding his first solo-exhibition from February 22nd to 26nd in Paris, featuring his signature shibori textile works.
You can find more information regarding Adrien, and his experience at the Global Fashion Concentration course here, and his shibori works developed during his time at Lemaire here.