What we do

True Colors Fashion Diversity fashion show that unleashes diversity in the future

  • Organization : DRIFTERS INTERNATIONAL
  • Section : Symbolic Projects Setting the Flag of Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL
  • Type of Grant Program : Single

Outline

True Colors FASHION”, directed by media artist Yoichi Ochiai, is a diversity fashion show in which 11 teams of models, tech companies, and fashion brands walk the runway and reveal their production process through interviews. It will be distributed on the official youtube channel of True Colors Festival from 1pm(JST) on May 30, 2021.
From fashion created with the model’s body as the starting point, the show expands the use of technology that is close to the body, such as prosthetic legs and wheelchairs, through fashion, and considers how to create adaptive clothing that responds to the diversity of everyone’s body.

Profile

【Yoichi Ochiai/Media Artist】
Received his Ph.D. in Applied Computer Science from the University of Tokyo, the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information (Studies in 2 years the fastest record). Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba, Director of Research and Development Center for Digital Nature. Principal Investigator of JST CREST xDiversity Project.

Contact

The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS
4F Jimbocho-Sun Bld.,1-6 Kanda-Jimbocho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0051 Japan
Tel: +81-(0)3-6455-3335
Fax: +81-(0)3-5577-6628
E-mail: info@truecolorsfestival.com

Venues

True Colors Festival Official Youtube Channel