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Kanya Miki
Kanya Miki
In his student days at the Royal Academy in Antwerp, Kanya Miki was already demonstrat-
ing his immense talent. It’s no surprise, then, that designer Walter Van Beirendonck, a pro-
fessor in—and now director of—the Fashion Department at the Royal Academy, choose
him in 2003 to be his design assistant, a post which, one year later, Kanya took up with
British designer John Galliano. In 2005, he decided to found his own label, Kosmetique
Label, and present his fi rst collection in Paris.
Having been born in Japan and having studied in Paris, grants Kanya a very personal vision
of fashion, one characterized by the unifi cation ...