Announcement of 'TOKYO AI Fashion Week 2026'

OpenFashion Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Toru Ueda, hereafter OpenFashion), a company engaged in developing services and products that combine fashion with the latest technologies including generative AI, announces the hosting of the event 'TOKYO AI Fashion Week 2026' starting from April 3, 2026.

The event will feature a fashion design contest utilizing generative AI as its main project. It also plans a variety of programs to experience the current state of generative AI and fashion, such as seminars by CEO Ueda and generative AI experience booths.

OpenFashion provides design support and data analysis solutions utilizing generative AI technology specialized for the fashion industry. Through creative support using generative AI, the company assists apparel companies primarily in their digital transformation, including design generation, trend analysis, and brand development.

**■ 'Future Utility' Drawn by Generative AI and Fashion: Opening of 'TOKYO AI Fashion Week 2026'**

'TOKYO AI Fashion Week 2026' is an event that broadcasts new creativity and expressions born from the fusion of generative AI and fashion. The theme this time is **Future Utility**. It questions what future clothing should be, combining functionality and a sense of beauty.

Workwear, uniforms, utility wear, and clothing for care and disaster prevention. Japan has its own unique functional beauty cultivated in daily life. By combining this sensibility—which strips away waste while harboring beauty in its materials, structures, and movements—with the new creative partner of generative AI, we propose new fashion expressions suitable for future lifestyles.

This time, through a fashion contest utilizing generative AI, seminars introducing the latest initiatives, and hands-on programs where visitors can actually try generative AI, we will broadcast the future of fashion from multiple angles.

**'TOKYO AI Fashion Week 2026' Official Website:**
https://tokyoaifashionweek.com/

**■ Call for Entries Under the Theme 'Future Utility'—Fashion Design Contest 'TOKYO AI Fashion Week 2026 Contest'**

The contest theme this time is 'Future Utility'.

Participants are asked to freely devise concepts and designs in line with this theme and submit their works along with item images created using generative AI. After screening by judges and a public vote, one Grand Prize and two Excellence Awards will be selected and announced. For detailed schedules including the application period, please visit the official page below.

**Contest Theme**
**'Future Utility'**

**Schedule**
(Schedule details omitted)