Miho Matsuda (Designer)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Early Shoes

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She launched her website GOLDSEAL in 1999 after the closure of MIHO MATSUDA, and in 2001 she was able to relaunch MIHO MATSUDA with the sponsorship of Kobayashi & Co., Ltd. She opened 3 directly managed shops: Shinjuku Marui One, Vivre Okayama, Vivre Osaka. In 2003, she established GOLDSEAL CO., LTD. as it's own business.

In 2007, she collaborated with CAPCOM for their Devil May Cry series, and the collaboration products were shown at Tokyo Game Show.

In 2009, she launched a second line under GOLDSEAL making and selling professional uniforms.

GOLDSEAL Uniforms

Additional Links

• Tokyo Style
• cantwo Press
• America Mura