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2000 Autumn Winter Collection presented at Espace Commines in Paris | |||||||||
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2000-2001 Spring/Summer/Resort Metamorphosis presented at Mercedes | ||||||||||
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2001 Spring Summer Collection presented at Rue Rambuteau in Paris | ||||||||||
| 1999 | |
1999-2000 Autumn/Winter Etheric Zest presented at Tranoi, Paris | |||||||||
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1999-2000 Spring/Summer/Resort High Spirit presented at Mercedes Australian Fashion Week, Sydney and the Rue Danielle Casanova, Paris | ||||||||||
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Australian Designer of the Year and Womenswear Designer of the Year received at the Australian Fashion Industry Awards | ||||||||||
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Collaboration with Sydney Dance Company designing costumes for Air and Other Invisible Forces. | ||||||||||
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Fashion of the Year retrospective exhibited at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney | ||||||||||
| 1998 | |
Collaboration with Sydney Dance Company designing costumes for Salome; | |||||||||
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1998-1999 Spring/Summer/Resort Botanica shown at the Mercedes Australian Fashion Week, Sydney and at the Royal Saint Honore, Paris | ||||||||||
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Seppelt Contemporary Art Award - exhibitor at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney | ||||||||||
| 1997 | |
Spring/Summer/Resort 1997-1998 Satori presented at Mercedes Australian Fashion Week, Sydney | |||||||||
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Fashion of the Year retrospective presented at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney | ||||||||||
| 1996 | |
Spring/Summer 1996-1997 New Generation Collection presented at Mercedes Australian Fashion Week, Sydney | |||||||||
| 1995 | |
Autumn/Winter 1995-1996 Premier of The Pillowbook presentation at the Dendy Cinema, Sydney | |||||||||
| 1994 | |
Autumn/Winter 1994-1995 Not Made In Japan presentation at Hogarth Galleries, Sydney | |||||||||
| 1993 | |
Akira Isogawa boutique opens in Woollahra, Sydney | |||||||||
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1993, the Akira Isogawa boutique in Queen Street, Woollahra, Sydney,
Australia. Akira used the first Australian Fashion Week to premiere his Spring/Summer 1996/1997 collection. The collection's elegant layered silks sparked national interest in Akira as an emerging Australian designer. The next year, Akira's Spring/Summer 1997-1999 collection Satori, draw favourable reviews from leading media outlets, including The New York Times. The collection was purchased by the prestigious fashion boutique Browns. The Powerhouse Museum selected Akira to feature in its Fashion of the Year Retrospective. In 1998, the Spring/Summer 1998-1999 collection Botanica was presented and purchased by Barney's New York, cementing Akira's presence internationally. This led to his first private showing in Paris at Royal Saint Honore. Akira also undertook new projects with the Australian arts sector during 1998, exhibiting in the Museum of Contemporary Art's inaugural Seppelt Contemporary Art Award and collaborating with the Sydney Dance Company to design the costumes for Salome. Akira has since designed costumes for the Sydney Dance Company's Air and Other Invisible Forces. In 1999, Akira took two collections to Paris: Spring/Summer High Spirit at Rue Danielle Casanova, which was his first runway presentation and Autumn/Winter's Etheric Zest at Tranol. Both collections were warmly received and attracted new buyers globally. Locally, the High spirit collection was shown at the 1999 Australian Fashion Week and Akira was named Australian designer of the Year and Womenswear Designer of the Year at the Australian Fashion Industry Awards. The Powerhouse Museum again exhibited Akira's designs in its Fashion of the Year retrospective. In 2000, Akira again presented two collections in Paris: Autumn/Winter 2000 Collection at Escape Commines and spring Summer 2001 Collection in a disused warehouse on Rue Rambuteau. In Sydney he showed again at Australian Fashion Week. These presentations were very received and further promoted Akira's distinctive signature. |
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