KISHIWADA, Osaka Pref. -- Although she is a fashion designer, people more commonly ask Ayako Koshino's advice on raising children.
The interest is not surprising, considering the fact that Koshino is the mother of three internationally known fashion designers -- Hiroko, Junko and Michiko Koshino -- but 88-year-old Koshino says she did nothing special in raising them.
"I had no intention of making them become fashion designers," Koshino said. "I let them do what they wanted. I think they chose their line of work after watching me, although they used to say that they would never take up the same job as me because I was too busy."