Fashion has power to drive sustainability: Japanese designer Konishi

The panel dialogue was held on the primary day of the biannual parade’s particular exhibition on trend and sustainability on the official venue. The Japan Fashion Week Organization (JFWO) has been selling ‘SDGs that fashion can do’ via quite a lot of initiatives for the reason that 22 S/S season, the organisation stated in a press launch.

“I truly think fashion has the power to get people’s attention, and SDGs need that,” Konishi stated in an interview following the occasion. “I’m a fashion designer (and) at the same time an activist for sustainability. If sustainability helps other people, I would love to keep working towards it.”

Japanese designer Sho Konishi spoke at a panel dialogue on ‘Sustainability and Education within the Fashion Business’ throughout the Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo 2023 A/W. Konishi emphasised the power of trend to promote SDGs and expressed his assist for selling sustainability. The JFWO has been selling ‘SDGs that trend can do’ for the reason that 22 S/S season.

Konishi was sporting an outsized swimsuit manufactured from sustainable materials referred to as Zero-Tex, which is produced utilizing a expertise for reducing CO2 emissions.

Akihide Nishikawa, CEO of textile maker Yamagin Inc, which has developed Zero-Tex, stated on the occasion that the style trade is commonly criticised for being environmentally unfriendly.

“We want to stop (the criticism). Fashion is not evil. Fashion is something to have fun with. Fashion should last forever. We will continue taking action for that,” Nishikawa stated.

Clothes manufactured from Zero-Tex and designed by Chieko Ikegami, Yuri Ikegaya, and Risa Fugetsu, trend design college students on the Fashion Institute of Technology, had been displayed within the exhibition room till March 18.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (NB)