OSAKA -- Carine Zeppelini, a French fashion designer, did not want to return to France at the end of her contract because she enjoyed teaching at ESMOD Osaka, a branch of the famous Paris-based international school of fashion.
"With these young and talented men and women, I learned more than I taught," she said, before returning to Paris to further her career.
Zeppelini's task, like other foreign fashion instructors in Japan, is not to invent, or indoctrinate, but rather to help the students reach inside and bring out the best in terms of creativity.