Excerpt: Fetico. Fall 2023 - Tokyo Fashion Week

 

"I have reviewed Tokyo Fashion weeks in the past, which showcases the already established and upcoming of Japanese designers.  With a majority of the styles presented angling more towards the experimental and Avant-garde, whilst fusing the uniqueness of Tokyo's urban street wear looks.  The runways shows have ensured that the Japanese fashion scene remains to be seen as one of the most original within the more notable global Fashion weeks.  Even despite the fusion of Western elements into its ideas, this borrowing and making of claims to an already established styles, is very much a part of the Japanese ethos and culture.  To which it transcends any thoughts of plagiarism, as ideas are intrinsically absorbed and redefined by an endearing charm of recopying its guise.  All achieved with a keen eye for detail.

Fetico being a very young brand, which was started in 2020 by Emi Funiyama a graduate of the Esmond design school of Tokyo, completing her studies in 2010.  And as an extra incentive to her emerging brand, in July 2022 prior to Spring Fashion week in Tokyo,  Funiyama had won the Japan Fashion Week 'Next Brand' award for her brand Fetico.  With only two runway shows under her belt, Funiyama's Fall 2023 collection is beginning to show the latency of Funiyama's talent as an upcoming Japanese designer..."

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(A.Glass 2023)

Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/04/fetico-fall-2023-tokyo-fashion-week.html

Spring 2026 review soon.