New York Welcomes Vantan Tokyo

Vantan Design Institute has proudly announced Vantan Tokyo's participation at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York!  This highly competitive design education program attracts students from across Japan with the willingness to start up their own brands & businesses after graduation. 

This weekend's F/W 2012 showcase at Lincoln Center will make Vantan the first and only design school amongst all the institutions in Japan to participate in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.  This is big!

Here's a little background about the four designers that will be showing on Saturday~

SWANZI

Born 1984 in Hong Kong, designer Cheung Siu Yan won the grand prize in the 2010 Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers contest.  She is currently working in London as an intern for Vivienne Westwood.

CHERYL CHEE

Cheryl Chee was born in 1984 in Australia, graduated with honors from RMIT University, and worked as an intern for HISUI.

YUYA KUBOHARA

Yuya was born in Japan in 1989, and won second prize in the JFA Fur Design contest in 2010.

MI-S

A student of architecture, Masato Miyata was born in Japan in 1985.  He gained wholesale manufacturing experience at OEM before entering the Vantan Institute in 2008.

Really pumped to begin my experience as an intern at Fashion Week with this show, it's gonna be really great!  Be sure to follow me @hachidork and @nexusshowroomny on Twitter for behind the scenes updates!