HIROKO KOSHINO

KH Gallery Ginza will mark the third anniversary of its founding in September 2015. The gallery’s tenth exhibition in this, a milestone year, will feature works by Akio Hirata, hat designer for Empress Michiko as well as for many leading catwalk brands, and by fashion designer Hiroko Koshino.
It is one year since the death of Akio Hirata, who played the leading role in the field of haute couture hat called "Haute Mode" in Japan for many years. He thought outside the box, creating strikingly original designs which all the while valued Japanese tradition. Meanwhile, Hiroko Koshino has given expression to Japanese aesthetics and traditional culture in the area of clothing, playing a major role in boosting the Japanese fashion world in its infancy.
In her past collections, created in collaboration with Hirata, the elegant, fashionable, and unique styles of the pair harmonized astonishingly, causing many people to marvel. Each one of these works, infused with their creators’ spirits down to the last detail and backed up by their passion, surpass any concept of fashion, projecting a distinctive presence even today. Please enjoy observing the brilliant design philosophy of these two designers, who loved the culture and art in which they were raised, and who continually experimented in various ways in order to create a new beauty.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Senior High School Baseball Championship Tournament – people are always highly impressed by the students’ profound performances year after year.

In 1998, Hiroko Koshino commented on the students’ baseball uniform, calling them “unique and exclusive in colour”, in a column in the Asahi Newspaper titled ‘Restructuring, If It Were Me’.

Many years later again, today, she presents her opinions from a point of view as a fashion designer.

Ayako Koshino is a pioneer in Japanese fashion as well the mother of the three Koshino sisters. Her story finally becomes a book, in the series '10 People Carve out a Path to a New Era in the World’, published for kids by Gakken.

Having lived through World War II, Ayako experienced success, setbacks and a multitude of challenges – her positive attitude is an undoubted encouragement for children to be strong and have hope.

The second series of the book carries an impressive lineup of celebrities which include The Beatles, Nelson Mandela, Pablo Picasso and of course, the renowned Ayako Koshino.

The book is available in bookstores nationwide – don’t forget to get your copy and enjoy!

The Mainichi Newspaper will run a daily column between the 01st and 20th of February 2014, titled ‘Old and New’, to mark the 50,000th issue of the newspaper since the Meiji period in 1873.

Hiroko Koshino appears in the article of Tuesday, 10th February 2014, talking about her significant works across the creative realm, motivations for new challenges, the ideal newspaper and so on and so forth.

Don’t forget to get your copy and enjoy the article!

http://mainichi.jp/graph/2015/02/10/20150210ddm041040178000c/001.html

'Sawako-no-Asa' is a witty talk show hosted by Sawako Agawa – a brilliant conversationalist who talks about a variety of topics with a multitude of celebrities. Hiroko Koshino makes an appearance on the captivating show, where everyone falls for Ms. Agawa's suaveness – sometimes friendly while sometimes quick-witted! Koshino also talks about her favorite music as a child, her late mother, Ayako Koshino, as well as about her significant presence at the forefront of fashion.
Don’t forget to tune in and enjoy!

Name: 'Sawako-no-Asa'
Date: Saturday, 07th February, 2015; 07:30am – 08:00am.
Station: Mainichi Broadcasting System, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television and Tokyo Broadcasting System Televition-owned 28 stations.

http://www.mbs.jp/sawako/