Osaka Bunka Fashion College New challenge with NEW ENERGY TOKYO! Students held upcycling demonstrations and a talk show at Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store’s clothing upcycling project “roop” exhibition booth.

[Osaka Bunka Fashion College] New challenge with NEW ENERGY TOKYO! Students held an upcycling demonstration and talk show at the exhibition booth of Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store’s clothing upcycling project “roop” ​ Image
URL: Osaka Bunka Fashion College Press release: February 6, 2025 [Osaka Bunka Fashion College] New challenge with NEW ENERGY TOKYO! Students held upcycling demonstrations and a talk show at Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store’s clothing upcycling project “roop” exhibition booth. ~Super Designer Department We will be exhibiting “SUPER CREATIVE ACT”, a joint exhibition booth of 9 brands by current students, again this year. Works from the “Kimono Upcycling Project” joint project with Italy’s Polimoda School will also be unveiled ~
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-560dd6afd9456b2061c20a4d4a4dec1c-1030×582.jpg Osaka Bunka Fashion Academy (hereinafter referred to as OIF, Mikuni Gakuen Educational Corporation, President: Akitoshi Toyoda, Location: Mikunihonmachi, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka City), which fosters designers and fashion talent, will participate in the creation festival “NEW ENERGY TOKYO” to be held at the First Gymnasium of the National Yoyogi Stadium from February 14th (Friday) to February 16th (Sunday), 2025. Continuing from last year, we will be holding a joint exhibition of current student brands from the Super Designer Department, as well as an exhibition of works from the “Kimono Upcycling Project,” a joint project with Italy’s Polimoda School. Furthermore, this year, the clothing upcycling project “roop” by “AnotherADdress”, a fashion subscription service operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store, in which our school is participating as a “partner”, will be exhibiting for the first time at “NEW ENERGY TOKYO”. Along with this, there will be even more content to participate in, including upcycling demonstrations and talk shows by OIF students. In addition, as a special project, upcycled works designed by “Wild Bomb Cookie!” and produced by OIF students will be announced. This will be an opportunity to showcase OIF’s creativity from various angles. ■NEW ENERGY TOKYO event overview Date: February 14th (Friday) to February 16th (Sunday), 2025 Event time: 11:00-20:00 *Closed at 17:00 on the last day *The 14th (Friday) will be a preview day for business and media professionals with advance registration required. General customers are not allowed to enter. * A night market will also be held from 18:00 on the 14th (Friday) and 15th (Saturday). Venue: National Yoyogi Stadium First Gymnasium Official website:
https://new-energy.ooo/2025tokyo/ Visitor registration:
https://ne2025.event-lab.jp/v4/registration/visitor/form/NE/V02 Sponsored and managed by: Blue Marble ■About the clothing circulation upcycling project “roop” ~ OIF participates as a joint venturer ~
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-055670f0b5b4a458ef65675496985302-1036×652.jpg OIF is another ADdress (https://www.anotheraddress.jp/ ) fashion subscription service operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store. We are participating as a joint venturer in the clothing circulation upcycling project “roop.” This project has been selected as a “Deco Activity Promotion Project” selected by the Ministry of the
Environment, and is attracting attention as an important project aiming for a sustainable society. roop is a recycling project that collects cherished clothes that are no longer wearable from customers at department stores, gives them a new life in the hands of designers who will lead the future, and reuses them as rental items for AnotherADdress. This time, by exhibiting roop’s efforts at the AnotherADdress booth at NEW ENERGY TOKYO, we will disseminate the specific process of upcycling and its results, and propose new fashion possibilities in a recycling-oriented society. *About roop:
*Deco-katsu = Nickname for the national movement to create a new and affluent lifestyle that leads to decarbonization, promoted by the Ministry of the Environment in order to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050 and reduction targets in 2030 [Contents in which OIF
participates] 1. Demonstration of upcycling production A space was set up for OIF students to demonstrate upcycling production. From among the 20 clothes collected by AnotherADress, we will select the items we will use on the day and go through the dismantling, cutting, and sewing processes to complete 9 upcycled items in 3 days.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-996b442a0c685ed490599d7a5816970b-2025×2700.jpg 2.Talk session “Now on sustainability in apparel education” A nine-frame talk show on the theme of “sustainability” is scheduled for industry participants and the general public throughout the three days. OIF will hold a talk session titled “Now on Sustainability in Apparel Education” on Friday, February 14th from 16:00 to 17:00. Students and faculty will discuss the role and challenges of education in sustainable fashion. We will discuss changes in the field of education from the perspectives of both students and educators. ▼Talk show reservation form https://roop250214t05.peatix.com/
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-cf97252dac8ec9925ab00389b4f8cfbd-644×575.png 3. “roop Award” final judging meeting (show format) and award ceremony
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-c7c9cf02ce942fecffea3174ab3e119d-1880×777.jpg The “roop Award” is an upcycled fashion contest held to spread and promote the clothing circulation upcycling project “roop” and create a variety of production opportunities for designers and students. The materials for the works are clothes entrusted to us by AnotherADress and department store customers that we no longer wear, as well as clothes that can no longer be rented through repeated rentals. We need to create pieces that connect to the future, not just as materials, but also include the stories that designers and past wearers have put into the clothes. A show-style final judging session will be held at NEW ENERGY TOKYO on Saturday, February 15th, and the Grand Prix and other awards will be announced.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-efc0ca345da11497f1eb019c00d217a8-895×351.png *From OIF, two students selected as finalists in the “Student/Amateur Division” will present their works at the final screening. ・Finalist Shiota Inoue (4th year, Super Designer Department)
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-a4a84094a0f3897420f925f15c6fa54b-1000×1611.jpg ・Finalist Yuka Kasino (Department of Fashion Creator Creative Designer Course 3rd year)
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-b3946752ff65cb3bfe58b028c1878cb2-1000×1611.jpg 4. Special project “Wild Bomb Cookie! × Special items made with Osaka Bunka Fashion College students” appears on the roop Award runway Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-4f231ed647ca88fc14bc8c72b1a117e2-316×480.png Kukki the wild bomb! The special piece, which was created by OIF students and was in charge of everything from material selection to design, will be unveiled on the “roop Award” runway on February 15th. The production process will be released on February 8th on the “Kukki! no Hikita Kukki!” YouTube channel. Please enjoy this piece full of creativity. ■About “SUPER CREATIVE ACT”, a joint exhibition booth of 9 brands by current students of the Super Designer Department This year as well, we will be exhibiting a joint exhibition booth called “SUPER CREATIVE ACT” with 9 brands and 9 people carefully selected from 3rd and 4th year students in OIF’s top-level department, “Super Designer Department (4-year course),” in which each student launches their own brand and works on it over a two-year period. We accept business negotiations with buyers from select shops and department stores, lease costumes to talents and artists, and bring up-and-coming brands created by students to the world. This year, young talents will be gathering together, including brands such as “yousuke haga” and “Bill Bill,” which won the Grand Prix at the ASIA FASHION COLLECTION and will make their runway debuts at this month’s New York Fashion Week 2025FW. ▼Previously reported: Two Super Designer Department brands won double Grand Prix at “Asia Fashion Collection 12th” [Student brands to be exhibited] Brand name: yousuke haga
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-2a9595bca258dcde936fac5f01f8910e-1024×1439.png [Designer] Yosuke Haga (4th year, Super Designer Department) [Achievements] ・ASIA FASHION COLLECTION 12th Grand Prix ・Participation in New York Fashion Week 2025FW @hagayosuke Brand name: KIYOKA HASE
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-3aa219f36ed87d376dc50d0b148fd7d6-1024×1448.png [Designer] Yukka Hase (4th year, Super Designer Department)
[Achievements] ・Asia Fashion Collection 11th Grand Prix ・Participation in New York Fashion Week 2024FW ・32nd Dalian Cup Excellence Award ・The 3rd Korea Textile Fashion Design Contest Brand Award ・Reclothes Cup 2023 Upcycle Contest Winner ・Selected for the 23rd YKK Fastening Award @kiyokahase Brand name: AICHAN BY AI TOYODA
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-7713922a27bd6195153821d34271260f-1024×1536.png [Designer] Ai Toyota (4th year, Super Designer Department)
[Achievements] ・Asia Fashion Collection 12th finalist ・The 5th Korea Textile Fashion Design Contest Silver Prize ・Winner of Nagoya Fashion Contest 2024 ・Nippori Fashion Design Contest 2023 Brother Sales Co., Ltd. Award @aichan____official Brand name: KEISHIN FUKUNAGA
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-f9d92fe9794b0d3211b8c075def3d6a8-1024×1448.png [Designer] Keishin Fukunaga (3rd year, Super Designer Department) [Achievements] ・The 4th Korea Textile Fashion Design Contest Grand Prix @keishin_fukunaga_ Brand name: KANTA BY KANTA INOUE
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-b50d860154c7ca39563aca7e335404fe-1024×1448.png [Designer] Shiota Inoue (4th year, Super Designer Department) [Achievements] ・ASIA FASHION COLLECTION 12th finalist ・roop Award 2024-2025 Finalist @kantabykantainoue Brand name: AYUMU YAMAMURA Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-70c717c88e902ac8b67bd5057f2abffe-1024×1436.png [Designer] Ayumu Yamamura (4th year, Super Designer Department) [Achievements] ・Asia Fashion Collection 12th finalist ・Graduate Fashion Week International 2024 Finalist ・FASHION FORONTIRE PROGRAM 2024 Selected ・Selected for the 24th YKK Fastening Award
@ayumu___yamamura Brand name: Bill Bill
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-747da2a7bf0a06ef05380bcb94d978da-1024×1448.png [Designer] Kotaro Kawamura/Koki Sera (3rd year, Super Designer Department) [Achievements] ・ASIA FASHION COLLECTION 12th Grand Prix ・Participation in New York Fashion Week 2025FW ＠billbill__official Brand name: KOTONA TATEISHI
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-5a97e593ca91148269b572e068dfac3b-1024×1448.png [Designer] Kotona Tateishi (3rd year, Super Designer Department) @kotonatateishi Brand name: AAaaS
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-4878d648e73258b3f47feee945ca81eb-1024×1516.png [Designer] Asahi Arakawa (3rd year, Super Designer Department) @aaaaservice ■Exhibition of “Kimono Upcycling Project” joint project with Polimoda School, Italy
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-43c83c169b6440cd0b0de8ffef7f5a04-2320×813.jpg We will exhibit 10 outstanding works from the “Kimono Upcycling Project” that we worked on together with Italy’s Polimoda School. Under the theme of “KIMONO x MODE,” students from both Japan and Italy upcycled discarded kimonos. We will be showcasing upcycled works that combine traditional Japanese craftsmanship, such as weaving, dyeing, and embroidery, with students’ innovative ideas.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-fdd2a3edec103d682f71509ff30b5746-1509×2020.jpg Gimena Fadrique (Polymoda School)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-aba630503fd9e01f22bba79153a02eae-2019×2700.jpg MANAMI MAKIFUJI(OIF) ■About “NEW ENERGY TOKYO”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/81590/75/81590-75-819bc9bf041f5ec84e0121817e3744eb-1895×736.jpg A festival of creation that brings together 350 groups from Japan and abroad, from up-and-coming creators to authentic companies, with a focus on fashion, art, and lifestyle. This exhibition, which marks the 3rd anniversary, will be held on the largest scale ever. It’s a three-day event where you can enjoy shopping, talk shows, live music, food and drinks, and more. https://new-energy.ooo/2025tokyo/ ■Osaka Bunka Fashion College (OIF) One of the largest fashion schools in western Japan, with a history of 78 years. Based on our management policy of “contributing to society through fashion,” in recent years we have increased collaboration with overseas fashion schools and focused on developing human resources who can play an active role internationally. In addition, as the need for DX increases worldwide, we are actively investing in digital content, fusing “international sensibilities” and “digital skills,” and cultivating creativity that creates new value. Our vision is to “continue to be a fashion educational institution that achieves the highest results in Japan, has the communication power that leads Asia, and is trusted by the world.” Selected as the “Grand Prize” at the “2nd Fashion School Awards” sponsored by Senken Shimbun, which was announced in 2025. It has been rated No. 1 in the nation. Mikuni School Corporation Osaka Bunka Fashion College Address: 3-35-8 Mikunihonmachi, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka Chairman: Akitoshi Toyoda TEL: 06-6392-4371 / FAX: 06-6391-5600 https://www.osaka-bunka.com/ ■For interviews and inquiries regarding this matter, please contact the following Osaka Bunka Fashion College Corporate Planning Headquarters: Keita Kato, IR/Public Relations Division: Yoshitaka Saito TEL: 06-6392-4371 / FAX: 06-6391-5600 e-mail: ir_oif@osaka-bunka.com