Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo wrapped up its runway shows at the Hikarie shopping complex in Shibuya Ward on Oct. 17, ending six days of presentations that showcased a wide range of collections for the upcoming 2016 spring/summer season.
Hikarie, a swanky retail complex that was completed in 2012, has proven to be a fitting location to display the capital's biannual seasonal collections. For much of the week, industry insiders converged on the building in an attempt to secure a much sought-after seat in the front row of a show. With demand at a premium, the atmosphere was electric.
But Hiromichi Ochiai, designer of Facetasm, elected to shun the media circus at this season's collections, deciding instead to present his latest creations on a makeshift runway in an office building in the backstreets of Shibuya. His collection was viewed by only a fraction of the audience scrambling for seats in the glitzy Hikarie office space that towered above them in the distance.
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