Junya Watanabe Bio

Junya Watanabe is a Japanese fashion designer born in Fukushima, Japan in 1961. He attended Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo and graduated in 1984. He began his first apprenticeship as a patternmaker. Starting in 1992 he has worked under his own name. He is known for designing innovaive and unique clothing. He is particularly interested in synthetic and technology advanced textile fabrics. He is considered to be a "techno couture designer."