MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK TOKYO

By Eva Fydrych

OPENING NIGHT

All photos by Eva Fydrych / Fashion Studio Magazine

TOKYO, JAPAN - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO was officially launched today. The opening event, that included kagami-biraki*, a traditional Japanese ceremony, took place at Mercedes-Benz Connection in Roppongi and was followed by Yuima Nakazato fashion show.

Rina Fujii - Model

Masahiko Miyake (L) - Chairman of Japan Fashion Week Organization, Ai Tominaga, Rina Fujii,

Nicholas Speeks (R) - President and CEO / Mercedes-Benz Japan

Sake barrel ceremony "Kagami-Biraki"

*Kagami-biraki is a ceremony performed at celebratory events in which the lid of the sake barrel is broken open by a wooden mallet and the sake is served to everyone present. Kagami refers to the lid of the sake barrel and biraki means �to open� so kagami-biraki literally means �opening the lid.� Because of the lid's round shape, the kagami is a symbol of harmony. The kagami-biraki, therefore, represents an opening to harmony and good fortune. (Source: Gekkeikan)

Official design by Yuima Nakazato

Ai Tominaga - Japanese fashion model and actress

Backstage at Yuima Nakazato

Designer Yuima Yakazato and Eva Fydrych / Fashion Studio Magazine

All photos by Eva Fydrych

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YUIMA NAKAZATO A/W 2012