As part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo, Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City, and Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT — and curator of the groundbreaking "Japan Fashion Now" exhibition there in 2010/11 — visited the capital to head a seminar titled Human Power Development and Japan Fashion in the Age of Globalization.
The Japan Times was there, too hearing the pair speak about Japanese fashion and about the longstanding relationship between FIT and Japan.
Why did you decide to come to Japan, and to attend Fashion Week Tokyo?