I didn’t want to finish off my story like a loser…
My point wasn’t life is interesting…life is very twisted and not always favourable ..but you shouldn’t give up your talent,or dream!
So, I continue.
After been defeated from my university entrance exam, I was lost for long time…
Even though my parents let me study another year going prep school. already spending lots of extra money for the supportive art school earlier and let me continue another year. I have 2 brothers and a sister. They are fine, because they got result in the end. I couldn’t. But I was so selfish, I should think where the money come from and should start working on my own. I never thought anything like that, because my dad was working really hard to pay everything for us.
I lost my confident. I thought I didn’t have talent. My parents recommended me to work in office for change the direction…so I did, I got completely bored of the work. I just couldn’t stand it. My luck! I have chance to transfer to Tokyo office. ..
Company paid my accommodation where I wanted in Kouenji in Tokyo!!
I really enjoyed life in Tokyo by myself. I got freedom from finances and from my home.
But after 1 year, I wanted to go back to do art. My mum said, why didn’t I take fashion instead of art, so at least I got some skills. I didn’t dislike the idea. My mus is a very skilled dress maker although she was doing as her hobby, all my clothes been made by her. Almost all our clothes and bags or anything sewing and knitting by her. I used to make my dolls clothes and hats cut form my mum’s fabrics. I was always surrounded by fabrics….
So, I stopped working and asked my parents to support me to study fashion college. but I also asked if I can go graphic school on top, how selfish I was…..and my parents supported me..
After starting fashion college, I start getting serious about fashion. I concentrate for fashion college so much, I stopped going to graphic school , by then, my confidence went back again! I was doing part time jobs like gallery cafe, Jazz cafe, Ryou-tei waitress, leather craft workshop, seeing different world and enjoyed so much!!
Fashion college was very strict. 6: 00 pm on time. otherwise you will lock out. Finish at 9:00 pm, after that have to do home work was very hard. You have to bring complete finished work all the time!! But some reason, we had time to play after school finish!! How much energy we had??
After graduation, I got job as a hat designer at hat making company in down town Tokyo. At that time pattern cutter or designer are the popular jobs. Some reason, I couldn’t take my eyes off from ” Hat designer ” on notice board.
So I tried and got my first fashion related full time job!! I kept going extra year complete my fashion college. After my work finish I ran to station to catch the underground, and had to ran Koushyu kaidou…from Minami Shinjyuku exit to fashion college with big heavy bag every day before getting locked out…all the time, 2 or a minutes I had spare….
Bunka fashion college where I studied for 3 years!!!