January 2019

The knitting yarn maker Sawada will begin selling high-quality knitting yarn made using mohair as a product for autumn and winter. Dande is yarn made using kid mohair sheared from young angora goats, and is characterized by its high-quality lustre,

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airCloset, Japan’s largest fashion rental company, recently launched shareCloset, a project to solve the issue of apparel disposal. It collects clothing no longer worn by customers, and reuses them by either sharing them or recycling them based on their condition.

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The major department store Takashimaya started a project to train young sales staff at menswear sales floors to be “ikemen (cool, handsome men) models.” They learn the fundamentals of being fashion models, with the aim of raising their sales skills

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