2015 Nisei Week Fashion Event

Saturday, November 7, 2015 6:30pm

Aratani Central Hall, Japanese American National Museum
100 N Central Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90012

The Nisei Week Japanese Festival is celebrating its 75th year of Japanese and Japanese American culture. It is one of the oldest and largest ethnic festivals in the United States. One week in August is designated for cultural events, a parade, a new festival queen selected, sporting events and more, however, activities and events are held throughout the year to celebrate the importance of sharing our Japanese culture and heritage.

Nisei Week will present a very exciting fashion event featuring Kimono SK. Sueko Oshimoto of Kimono SK is a world renown kimono stylist and designer. Her creations have been seen in numerous international fashion publications, films (most recent: Wolverine with Hugh Jackman and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), television (J-Pop groups, commercials - Miranda Kerr last year) and music events and videos. Sueko has designed the Miss Universe Japan national costume twice and has just been confirmed to design for the present Miss Japan's national costume for the pageant in January 2016.

The show will also include a fun hat segment from Goorin Bros millinery and exquisite, one of a kind vintage dresses from Ms Vintage in Playa del Rey. The show will have a geisha dancer along with modern interpretations of kimono (hip hop and Harajuku inspired) and former Nisei Week Queens and court members as some of our models. The new 2015 Queen and her court will also be present at the event.

A film noir vibe…an evening of sights and sounds that will transport you into a world of samurai (vintage and modern interpretations by Kimono SK) and feature femme fatales in dazzling gowns.

Reception immediately following the show.

For more information, visit www.niseiweek.org