Mikio Sakabe

This Japanese designer born in 1976, graduated from the Hogeschool Academy of Antwerp (Belgium) in 2006 in. He won the Vlaamse Gemeenschap prize awarded by the Flemmish government, and the special fashion prize at the 5th edition of ITS in Trieste (Italy). His professional experience includes the Noovo Festival in Santiago de Compostela, and he was part of the official selection at the Tokyo Fashion Week, in the Lancome Fashion Show in Milan in 2007,and in the Weekend Knack Fashion Show in 2006 . Among his projects, it is worth noting the exhibition in the Walter store in 2006 and the creation of a publication with fashion designer Veronique Branquinho.
Mikio Sakabe has answered our seven questions interview as he is getting ready to show his Spring 2010 collection at 080 Barcelona Fashion on September 2.

- What is fashion for?
Communication.

- If you were not a fashion designer, what would you be?
A Manga writer.

- What are you proud of?
My country.

- What are you ashamed of?
Many things.

-If you could keep just one garment or accessory, which one would you pick?
Denim.

-What do you no longer believe in?
Globalism.

-What do you still believe in?
Feeling.

About Jean Paul Cauvin

A French native, Jean Paul Cauvin’s experience in fashion is varied and encompassing. He is also a respected journalist in his country and talented writer in his mother tongue: a journalist at Fashion Daily News (Paris), he is also a regular fashion writer (in French) on www.puretrend.com and also on fashion section of the prestigious French daily’s website Le Monde (mode.lemonde.fr). Currently acting as the correspondant in Paris for many international glossy print magazines and constantly traveling to cover the world’s Fashion Weeks. His resume includes Communications Director of the Parisian haute couture house Torrente and manager of supermodel and actress Laetitia Casta.