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Tokyo Knit Fashion Industry Association Tokyo Knit Fashion Industry Association-certified companies will be fe aturing art collaboration items for people with disabilities on the runway! TKF will be exhibiting at “TOKYO FASHION C ROSSING 2024”!!

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Tokyo Knit Fashion Industry Association Press Release (2024.11.20) Tokyo Knit Fashion Industry Association Art collaboration items for people with disabilities created by companies certified by the Tokyo Knit Fashion Industry Association will appear on the runway! TKF will be exhibiting at “TOKYO FASHION CROSSING 2024”!! November 23, 2024 (Sat/Holiday) 12:30 (Doors open 11 :30) ~ 16:00 @ Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Square The Tokyo Knit Fashion Industry Association (Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Chairman: Takao Fukasawa, hereinafter referred to as TKF) *1 is an organization open to all with the aim of fostering an atmosphere of enjoying fashion and apparel and revitalizing the industry. We will be participating in the fashion event “TOKYO FASHION CROSSING 2024” (November 23, 2024 12:30-16:00 @ Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Plaza, sponsored by Fashion Festa 2024 Executive Committee). “TOKYO LOVE KNIT” is a culmination event of a project to revitalize the knitting industry with Gen Z as its starting point, which was launched in 2023 by certified companies that have passed the examination of the “TOKYO KNIT Brand Certification System*2” (2024 February 2024) Collaboration items with art by people with disabilities, which were unveiled at February 16th @Shibuya), and the Quality Collection, which was developed in 2022 with a focus on the quality and technical
capabilities of TKF certified companies with the theme of
sustainability (February 22nd and 23rd, 2023) A few items from Japan @ Shibuya) will be exhibited. In addition to being unveiled on the runway, a TKF booth will be set up at the venue to display these items. ■Overview of “Art Collaboration Project for People with Disabilities”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/113335/9/113335-9-6e5ba6989cdffe1443c897661abade17-550×427.png  We will further step up the collaboration project of “Artists with Disabilities x TOKYO KNIT” that started in 2023. In recent years, the activities of artists with disabilities have attracted attention, and they have come to be recognized as a genre of art.  When you encounter a rich and pure talent, you will be moved and want to know more about the artist. Through dialogue with them, you learn about their disabilities, learn about their humanity, and even become their fans. Disabilities are not something special, they are a part of everyday life, and we want to enjoy and consider them as a society as a whole, aiming for an “inclusive society” where everyone can be themselves. With this in mind, this collaboration started.
 Products with a focus on materials and quality, produced by the collaboration of certified companies with high technology and artists full of imagination, have a unique appeal. This year, we will start the “Next Generation Creator Project,” in which young designers studying fashion and children with disabilities will create works together through workshops. 【Eiichi Shibata】 Born in 1970. For Shibata, the act of drawing itself feels good, and it has become something that stabilizes him when he feels uneasy. A veteran artist who has been painting the eternal mystery of “soap coating” for over 25 years, he has attracted attention at art fairs overseas and sold out his works at his first solo exhibition in New York. [Mika Kamijo] At the age of 19, he taught himself to draw deformed faces of hospital staff who were admitted to the hospital due to an autosomal recessive genetic disorder. The themes he draws are “colorful fantasy worlds” and “dream worlds.” [“TOKYO FASHION CROSSING 2024” Exhibited items by TKF certified companies Overview 2023 Disabled Art Collaboration Project (Announcement: February 16, 2024 @Shibuya) [Items to be shown on the runway]
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/113335/9/113335-9-ef6e08f7fc04d6a14c2405d44c2726e9-420×320.png [TKF booth display items]
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/113335/9/113335-9-40db89432db2da6afac566325477f06b-340×224.png 2022 Quality Collection (Announcement: February 22nd and 23rd, 2023 @ Shibuya, main items exhibited at TKF booth)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/113335/9/113335-9-c75cce0468bc6d6d73c24c63e4be627f-796×225.png *This project will be implemented in 2024 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises Associations. This project is being carried out by a consortium of the TKF Union and JR East Planning Co., Ltd. as part of the Sales Power Strengthening Project. ■About TOKYO KNIT Our mission is to share with the world the future of knitwear that can only be created in Tokyo. TOKYO KNIT is a new manufacturing platform for knitted fashion manufacturers operating mainly in the Honjo area of ​​Sumida Ward in eastern Tokyo, aiming for the next generation of fashion industry. The history of Tokyo’s knitting industry dates back to the Edo period. Japan, which was in a state of isolation, had to rely on domestic production for many of its necessary supplies, and during the period of peace that came with the end of the Sengoku period, samurai were forced to throw away their swords and take up new jobs. I did. The samurai who lived in the eastern part of Edo began to make stockinette products such as socks and underwear by hand, and this gradually evolved, and with the Meiji era’s industrial promotion policy, this area became the birthplace of the knitting industry. is. After the war, Tokyo became the center of fashion culture, with many designers setting up ateliers and the number of distributors and retailers rapidly increasing. Furthermore, from the 1970s onwards, designs originating in Tokyo began to be highly acclaimed around the world, and Tokyo’s knitwear makers became involved in a wide range of creations, from casual to high fashion. Tokyo’s knitting industry is rooted in a flexible philosophy that supports the unique creativity of Tokyo fashion, which continues to inspire the world, along with reliable technical capabilities based on history and experience. ( https://www.tokyoknit.jp/) ■Tokyo Knit Fashion Industry Association (*1) It was established in 1944 as an organization with formal corporate status under the Small and Medium Enterprise Cooperative Association Act, with the aim of improving, developing, stabilizing, and rationalizing the management of small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in the manufacturing of knitted fabrics and products. In 1986, the organization was renamed the Tokyo Knit Fashion Industry Association (TKF), and currently has approximately 170 member companies. ( https://www.tkf.or.jp/) ◾TOKYO KNIT brand certification system (*2) The Tokyo Knit Fashion Industry Association (TKF), with the theme of “branding technology,” selects companies among its member companies that meet certain certification standards by a certification review committee made up of experts (chaired by Seiichi Mizuno). After a review, we were certified as a “TOKYO KNIT” brand certified company. Currently, 35 companies are certified. Furthermore, from last year, we started a product system that certifies products produced and sold by certified companies that meet certain standards. For more information, please visit the brand site ( https://www.tokyoknit.jp/) Please refer to TOKYO FASHION CROSSING 2024 Event Overview
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/113335/9/113335-9-ae65076e1927c7d62f280aa873839c13-342×291.png ■Title: TOKYO FASHION CROSSING 2024 ■Date and time: November 23, 2024 (Saturday/Holiday) 12:30 (doors open at 11:30) – 16:00 ■Venue: Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Square (2-6-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) ■Organizer: Fashion Festa 2024 Executive Committee ·Tokyo ・(One company) Tokyo Fashion School Association ・Japan Apparel and Fashion Industry Association ・Japan Fashion Week Promotion Organization ・(NPO) Universal Fashion Association ■Official website: https://tokyofashioncrossing.com/ ■How to enter: Admission to this event is free. Applications for the priority viewing area in front of the stage are now closed. [Venue map]
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