Akira Isogawa is one of Australia's most prominent contemporary fashion designers. Born in Japan, he immigrated to Australia in 1986, studying fashion at East Sydney College and setting up a store in Sydney's Woollahra, in 1995. By the late 1990s, international sales and recognition established his reputation. His commercial fashion label, Akira, concentrates on women's fashion. As well as commercial success, Isogawa's designs have been exhibited in a number of major Australian galleries.

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  • Akira Isogawa is one of Australia's most prominent contemporary fashion designers. Born in Japan, he immigrated to Australia in 1986, studying fashion at East Sydney College and setting up a store in Sydney's Woollahra, in 1995. By the late 1990s, international sales and recognition established his reputation. His commercial fashion label, Akira, concentrates on women's fashion. As well as commercial success, Isogawa's designs have been exhibited in a number of major Australian galleries. He has also worked as a costume designer for the Sydney Dance Company. His clothes appear under his own label and are sold both in Australia and internationally. He is one of the few Australian designers to exhibit and sell his clothing in Paris, arguably the world's high fashion capital. The designer's clothes are sold in 12 countries around the world. Isogawa's clothes draw on a variety of inspirations, notably his experiences growing up in Japan. It's well known that Akira also works closely with, and is also heavily influenced by the creative direction of Christiane Lehmann, a collage artist with a very eccentric sense of style, whom is commonly referred to as his muse over the last decade. It's not confirmed if their long relationship is romantic. Isogawa recently collaborated with Australian airline, Qantas, to develop luxurious new accessories for First and Business class passengers that travel with the airline. In 2005, he was honoured on a commemorative Australian postage stamp, along with other Australian fashion designers, Collette Dinnigan, Prue Acton, Joe Saba, Carla Zampatti and Jenny Bannister. A number of his lavish costume creations while a student survive in a well catalogued retrospective of the RAT Party era kept at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum.
  • 五十川 明（いそがわ あきら、1964年 - ）は、オーストラリア在住の日本人ファッションデザイナー。 京都市出身。佛教大学卒業。1986年にワーキング・ホリデーにてオーストラリアに渡り、イースト・シドニーTAFEにて服飾を学んだ。1999年からパリ・コレに出展するなど国際的に高い評価を得ている。同年、オーストラリアン・ファッション・ウィークでデザイナー・オブ・ザ・イヤーを受賞する。2007年、第一回オーストラリア・ファッション大賞を受賞する。現在世界11ヶ国でコレクションを販売している。
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  • Akira Isogawa is one of Australia's most prominent contemporary fashion designers. Born in Japan, he immigrated to Australia in 1986, studying fashion at East Sydney College and setting up a store in Sydney's Woollahra, in 1995. By the late 1990s, international sales and recognition established his reputation. His commercial fashion label, Akira, concentrates on women's fashion. As well as commercial success, Isogawa's designs have been exhibited in a number of major Australian galleries.
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