Press / buyer / photographer registration for Mercedes‒Benz Fashion Week TOKYO 2013-14 A/W Ended.
Photographing of the event and handling of images
■ Photographing the event is allowed for media organizations that have made press / photographer registration. Please refrain from taking photographs for the purpose of selling the images.
(If you are found to have sold event images, your request to enter our future events may be refused.)
■ Please refrain from using flash when taking photographs from the spectators' gallery, as it may hinder the stage production of the show.
To press personnel
■ Those of you who plan to conduct interviews as well as photography, are requested to complete both press and photographer registration.
Advantages of making advance registration
■ Those who wish to take professional photos using flash must also perform photographer registration.
Merits of Registration
■ Invitations from individual brands will be sent out from March.
■ Registered information will be distributed to participating fashion labels via Japan Fashion Week Organization (hereinafter JFWO).
Individual fashion labels will then directly mail out invitations for their collections / shows based on the distributed list of registered press organizations.
* Please contact individual fashion labels concerning invitations for their collections.
■ Registered press personnel will automatically start receiving up-to-date information (press releases and email newsletters).
To buyers
Your information registered at or after the 12th JFW in Tokyo or Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO 2012 S/S (held in October 2011) will remain in the buyer list. No future registration is necessary unless you need to have your registered information changed.
If there are any changes to your registered information (organization, address, contact details, etc.) or if you wish to have your registration deleted, please contact buyer@jfw.jp by 6:00 pm on February 22, 2013.
Those who have filed buyer registration at or after the 12th JFW in Tokyo or Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO 2012 S/S (held in October 2011) have been sent an email about this change.
If you have not received the email despite having registered at or after the 12th JFW in Tokyo or Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO 2012 S/S (held in October 2011), please file for new registration.
To photographers
■ Completing photographer registration does not guarantee the issuance of a photographer's pass. We will check your organization and other details according to the information provided in the registration.
Registered information is supplied to fashion labels in advance from the JFWO Secretariat.
■ About photographer's pass,if it does not apply within a term, it does not receive till the first day.
■ While the JFWO Secretariat is in charge of issuing photographer's passes, individual fashion labels have the full authority to determine whether to allow photographers into their events. Please note that you may not be allowed into some shows even with a photographer's pass.
■ Those filing for photographer registration are asked to register their facial images.
If a media organization may field multiple photographers to cover the event, please make sure to register all of the photographers.(We are asking your cooperation on this matter to avoid any confusion that comes with the change of venues.)
■ Please contact individual fashion labels' press officers to request interviews or seek backstage access.
■ Once issued, we do not reissue any photographer's pass before or during the event. Please handle the pass with care.
■ Photo shoots on the compound of Shibuya Hikarie (except for the Collection venue) are outside the scope of each brand's permission for photography.
Those who wish to perform any type of recording at the Shibuya Hikarie should contact the JFWO (TEL: +81 (3) 3406-5261).
* Same provisions apply to other venues. Please contact applicable brands in advance for further information.
Japan Fashion Week Organization International
Press / Photographer : press@jfw.jp
Buyer : buyer@jfw.jp
