But designers Verbal and Yoon -- co-founders of the Tokyo-based luxury brand AMBUSH -- created their game-changing accessories label almost by chance. Fashion as expressionDescribed as "Tokyo's premiere style icons" by digital publication Business of Fashion , the couple credits their status as tastemakers to the fashion industry in their home base: Japan. But what gives the Japanese fashion industry a particularly unique competitive edge? So what else can be learned from the Japanese fashion industry, and how can the world embrace its influence? "People often have preconceived notions of how Japanese fashion culture functions," Yoon says.

Source: CNN May 09, 2017 02:04 UTC