Tokyo Fashion Week (Japanese:東京コレクション, also known asTokyo Collection) is a fashiontrade show held bi-annually inTokyo, Japan. It is held twice a year with luxury, ready-to-wear, and streetwear brands presenting their spring collections and fall collections.
It is considered one of the "Big Five"global fashion weeks due to its frequent inclusion alongside the traditional "Big Four" weeksof New York,Paris,Milan, andLondon.[1][2][3] This characterization is disputed by others who note that Tokyo's international influence lags its peers who make up the traditional Big Four.[4][5] In recent years, promoting internationalization of Tokyo Fashion Week and Japan's fashion industry has been a key priority for industry leaders.[6][7]
Tokyo Fashion Week is particularly known as the world's leading showcase foravant-garde and experimental fashion, as well asTokyo streetwear.[8][9][10] It is the largest fashion week in Asia.[4]
Since 2019,Rakuten, Japanese technology conglomerate, has been thetitle sponsor branding the event as theRakuten Fashion Week Tokyo.[6] Prior title sponsors have includedAmazon Fashion andMercedes-Benz.[11][12] The 2020 show was canceled as a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic.[13]