asianbeat Fashion Feature Season 2.
Fukuoka Asia Collection – Press Conference

The Fukuoka Love& Collection held at the Fukuoka Dome on September 27 last year bringing fashion fever to Fukuoka. asianbeat will continue to bring you all the latest fashion news with the Fukuoka Asia Collection press conference report.

The Fukuoka-Asia Fashion Promotion Council was established to promote Fukuoka as a fashion industry hub in Asia, and the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a press conference on December 10 2008 to promote the Fukuoka Asia Collection.
The collection will be held at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on March 22 2009, and a total of thirty makers featuring national brands and local Fukuoka brands will be on show including dresses made from traditional Hakata-ori weave. Asian designers will also be invited.
The fashion on display at the collection can be accessed through PC or mobile phone via the Fukuoka Asia Collection web site and information including photos can help online fashion shoppers.
Also, with the help of local TV station, celebrity models such as Suzanne, Yuko Ogura, Maki Aizawa will do the catwalk. A total of thirty models including Moe Oshikiri and Hinano Yoshikawa are also slated to appear.


The press conference was a glamorous affair with Elli-Rose and Sara Mary joining in.
“Fukuoka girls are really looking forward to this so I want to make it into a real festival – I’m really going to set the place on fire”. (Suzanne)
“I have been coming to Fukuoka for 6-7 years so I really want to party. I hope this event can bring out Fukuoka’s true ‘colour’”. (Maki Aizawa)
“On the day I will strut my stuff as a ViVi magazine model. I hope we all can enjoy it. “ (Elle Rose)
“This will be my third trip to Fukuoka. I hope I can learn more about the town.” (Sara Mary)

Hot on the heels of the Autumn Fukuoka Love& Collection, the fashion attention will be on the Fukuoka Asia Collection.
Here at asianbeat we will bring you all the latest on the Fukuoka Asia Collection.
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