FASHION FRONTIER PROGRAM 2026 – Lectures（10sessions）

The semi-finalists attended all 10 lectures.

The FFP2026 semi-finalists took part in eight lectures and two lectures delivered by partner companies.

Creativity and social responsibility are not opposing ideas.
To create something new is also to consider the society and future it will become part of.

Through encounters with specialists from fashion, art, the environment, journalism, culture, film, and industry, the semi-finalists were exposed to diverse perspectives and approaches.

What did they discover through these different voices?
And how will those discoveries shape what they create next?

Lectures by EXPERT MENTORES

Lecture 1
The Concept of Creativity
Yuima Nakazato (Fashion Designer)

Lecture 2
The Concept of Social Responsibility
Arisa Kamada (Co-founder of unisteps)

Lecture 3
Crossing the Boundary Between Fashion and Art
Noritaka Tatehana (Artist)

Lecture 4
Fashion and the Environment: The Social Renovation That Design Brings
Aya Nagata (Director, Office for Mainstreaming Biodiversity, Biodiversity Policy Division, Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment)

Lecture 5
Considering Clothing Production from the Clothing Disposal Site
Ann McCreath (FASHION REVOLUTION KENYA)

Lecture 6
Fashion from the Perspective of Artistic Journalism
Hideaki Ogawa (Managing Director / Artistic Director, Ars Electronica Futurelab)

Lecture 7
Elegance: Its Power and Practice in Society
Kaori Nakano (Fashion Historian)

Lecture 8
The Distance between Creators and Media
Kosai Sekine (Film Director)

Lectures by partner companies

Partner Company Lecture 1
Towards the Decarbonized and Circular Future
Kaori Shinohara / Sayaka Kato (YKK CORPORATION, Sustainability Department / Manager)

Partner Company Lecture 2
Sustainable fashion
Koike(Members of the DTF Business Promotion Department / Staff at the Fujimi Solution Centre)

What did they take away from this diverse range of lectures, extending far beyond the field of fashion?
How will they translate these insights into their own projects and push their ideas further?

At the Secondary Selection in September, the semi-finalists will present the evolution of their projects to the judges. From there, eight finalists will be selected.