Continuing to Attract and Support Buyers / Press From Overseas
Since the 24 A/W Season, Rakuten FWT has begun attracting more buyers and press from overseas. Through creating an opportunity for overseas buyers and press to experience Fashion Week in person, we aim to continue to increase the works purchased and articles written.
[JFWO Official Oversea Guests ]
Eugene Rabkin（Journalist）
URL: www.eugenerabkin.com
Instagram: @eugenerabkin / @stylezeitgeist
He created an independent fashion media platform, StyleZeitgeist in 2006, which includes a magazine and a podcast devoted to looking at fashion and culture with a critical eye. He also launched the StyleZeitgeist Academy, an online educational institution In 2023 .He contributed articles to the New York Times, the Financial Times, T Magazine China, Air Mail, the Business of Fashion, 032c, Arena Homme +, and Highsnobiety, among others.
Nick Wooster（Brand Adviser, Tokyo Fashion Award judge)
URL: https://www.nickwooster.com/
Instagram: @nickwooster
Founder and Creative Director of WOOSTER CONSULTING. He has worked as a fashion director for Calvin Klein, Barney’s New York, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman. and currently serves as an advisor to a variety of brands.
[JFWO Official Supported Oversea Guests]
Andreas Murkudis（ Store Owner, Buyer ）
URL: www.andreasmurkudis.com
Instagram: @andreasmurkudis
Andreas Murkudis is considered one of Germany’s most renowned and experienced retailers in the design and fashion sector. The owner of three stores of the same name in Berlin offers in his assortment unique objects, which transcend short-lived trend cycles and are of utmost quality. In the spacious architecture of his stores, Andreass how cases designer fashion, objects, cosmetics, interior design and home accessories. 2022 marked the 20th Anniversary of the MURKUDIS universe. In the past two decades, Murkudis has established himself as an indispensable driving force of Berlin’s creative scene.
Sidonie Boiron（Mixte Magazine Fashion & Web Editor）
URL: https://www.mixtemagazine.com/
Instagram: @sidodododo
With a background in textile craftsmanship and fashion design between Paris and Tokyo, Sidonie Boiron has built a hybrid career with a 360° vision of fashion and luxury. After gaining experience in the creative studios of brands such as Koché and Hermès, she shifted towards art direction and image-related roles in the luxury industry, joining MiXTE Magazine and its creative agency, WE ARE MiXTE, in 2021. Driven by a deep interest in the Japanese creative and fashion scene, she aims to strengthen exchanges between Paris and Tokyo by spotlighting Japanese designers, brands, and craftsmanship for a French audience.
LAUNCHMETRICS_LAUNCHMETRICS Spotlight
LAUNCHMETRICS, one of the official media partners of Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO, has a photo stock service LAUNCHMETRICS Spotlight, with about 500 global media outlets including ELLE, VOGUE, marie claire, Harper’s BAZAAR, and more. An exclusive team of photographers will be visiting Japan for the 25 A/W season.
https://www.launchmetrics.com/spotlight
