Tokyo’s brightest young fashion designers fine-tuned their craft at an inclusive design workshop in Shinjuku in September, part of a contest aimed at unearthing talent to help establish the capital as a global fashion hub.  With around 2,000 entrant applications received for 2026, Tokyo’s annual awards the Next Fashion Designer of Tokyo (NFDT) and the Sustainable Fashion Design Award (SFDA) form one of the most anticipated fashion contests in Japan.  At the workshop in Shinjuku, designers among the 14 who made it through the first round of NFDT’s Inclusive Design category, were given…READ FULL ARTICLE