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Designer Miho Matsuda attended Kansai Women's Art Junior College and then graduated from Osaka Mode Gakuen's Design Department. She worked for Tokyo Style, and then became a designer for cantwo.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History|url=http://www.mihomatsuda.jp/history.html|url-status=live|website=Miho Matsuda}}</ref> | Designer Miho Matsuda attended Kansai Women's Art Junior College and then graduated from Osaka Mode Gakuen's Design Department. She worked for Tokyo Style, and then became a designer for cantwo.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History|url=http://www.mihomatsuda.jp/history.html|url-status=live|website=Miho Matsuda}}</ref> | ||
After leaving cantwo in Tokyo, she went back to Osaka and got a part time job as a designer in a shoe store in America Mura. Her unique shoes became huge hits. in 1997 she established her own brand, MIHO MATSUDA, to sell her shoes and opened a store in America Mura.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.goldseal.co.jp/profile.html|url-status=live|website=Gold Seal}}</ref> | After leaving cantwo in Tokyo, she went back to Osaka and got a part time job as a designer in a shoe store in America Mura. Her unique shoes became huge hits. in 1997 she established her own brand, MIHO MATSUDA, to sell her shoes and opened a store in America Mura.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.goldseal.co.jp/profile.html|url-status=live|website=Gold Seal}}</ref> | ||
Her thick soled shoes created a trend that pre-dated the one driven by Gal style's Namie Amuro. It's said that one out of five people waking in America Mura in Osaka were wearing shoes with thick soles.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
In 1998 she opened stores Shibuya and Nagoya PARCO, bringing MIHO MATSUDA up to almost 10 directly managed stores, but in 1999, the business went bankrupt and closed.<gallery> | In 1998 she opened stores Shibuya and Nagoya PARCO, bringing MIHO MATSUDA up to almost 10 directly managed stores, but in 1999, the business went bankrupt and closed.<gallery> | ||
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* [https://www.facebook.com/cantwoPRESS cantwo Press] | * [https://www.facebook.com/cantwoPRESS cantwo Press] | ||
* [https://americamura.jp/ America Mura] | * [https://americamura.jp/ America Mura] | ||
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Revision as of 15:30, 30 November 2021
Designer Miho Matsuda attended Kansai Women's Art Junior College and then graduated from Osaka Mode Gakuen's Design Department. She worked for Tokyo Style, and then became a designer for cantwo.[1]
After leaving cantwo in Tokyo, she went back to Osaka and got a part time job as a designer in a shoe store in America Mura. Her unique shoes became huge hits. in 1997 she established her own brand, MIHO MATSUDA, to sell her shoes and opened a store in America Mura.[2]
Her thick soled shoes created a trend that pre-dated the one driven by Gal style's Namie Amuro. It's said that one out of five people waking in America Mura in Osaka were wearing shoes with thick soles.[2]
In 1998 she opened stores Shibuya and Nagoya PARCO, bringing MIHO MATSUDA up to almost 10 directly managed stores, but in 1999, the business went bankrupt and closed.
