Researcher Profile and Settings

Name

• Name

  OKAWA Tomoko

Education, Etc.

• Graduate School of Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Social Siences
• Graduate School of Tokyo Metropolitan University, Social Siences Department
• University of Lyon II, France, D.E.S.S. de la Mode
• University of Lille III, France, Department of International Students
• Jissen Women's University

Job

• Institute for the Fashion Industries (IFI), IFI Business School
• H.P. France S.A.
• Daidoh Limited

Researcher Profile and Settings

Research Areas

• Fasion Business
• Business History

Researcher Profile and Settings

Published Papers

• Utako Shimoda, Women’s Technical and Artistic Crafts: An Approach to Modern Translation I, Feb. 2024, The Annual Bulletin of the Shimoda Utako Research Institute for Women, Jissen Women’s University Shimoda Utako Research Institute for Women, 10, (47)66 - (67)46
• Transformation of the Role of Shosha as Intermediaries in Japan's Fashion Industry, 30 Sep. 2020, Tomoko Okawa, Entreprises et Histoire, Editions ESKA, 100, 39 - 55
• Development of Complex Elements in Fashion Retail, Mar. 2019, Tomoko Okawa, Bulltin of Jissen Women's University, Faculty of Human Life Sciences, 第56号, 43 - 50
• Sep. 2018, Journal of the Japan Research Association for Textile End-Use, Japan Research Association for Textile End-Uses, 第59巻, 9号
• A Study on the Evolution of the Children’s Wear in the Japanese Market, Mar. 2018, Bulletin of Jissen Women's University, Fuculty of Human Life Sciences, Jissen Women's University, 第55号, 17 - 25
• Contribution industrielle de la maison de couture francaise au Japon, May 2015, Tomoko Okawa, Bulletin de La Societe Franco-Japonaise de Gestion, 第32号, 18 - 30
• Lancement et developpement de l'affaire de la maison de couture--Relations dans l'etablissement d'une periode de l'affaire de Groupe Boussac et Maison Christian Dior, May 2012, Tomoko Okawa, Bulletin de La Societe Franco-Japonaise de Gestion, 第29号, 64 - 77
• Lancement d'une maison d'haute couture par un conglomerat de textile, May 2007, Tomoko Okawa, Bulletin de La Societe Franco-Japonaise de Gestion, 第24号, 46 - 59
• Investissment et lancement d’une maison de couture :le Groupe Boussac et la　Maison Christian Dior, Mar. 2006, 発行所：首都大学東京大学院社会科学研究科経営学専攻学術後援会、誌名：経営と制度, 第4号, 1 - 11

Published Book

• Basics of Fashion Business, Mar. 2023, Masao Fujita, Tomoko Okawa, Masao Ohashi, Ken Yoshii, Motomi Ida, 1 - 28
• Oxford Handbook of Luxury Business, Feb. 2022, Oxford University Press, 173 - 193
• La France et le Monde (Column: Fashion), Nov. 2019, Hirotaka Watanabe, Yoshiko Uehara, Horitsu Bunka Sha, 179 - 180
• Clothing Dictionary, Oct. 2016, Tomoko Okawa (Edited by Hiromi Gocho, Kei Sasai, Kozo Hirata, Masao Fujita, Setsuko Fuseya, Fumi Masuko, Hisayo Ishihara and Yoshiko Nagayama), Asakura Shoten, 330 - 339
• Producing Fashion : Commerce, Culture, and Consumers, 2008, Tomoko Okawa (Edited by Regina Lee Blaszczyk ), University of Pennsylvania Press, 82 - 107
• La Mode des Sixties- L'Entrée dans la Modernité, Sep. 2007, Tomoko Okawa (Dirigé par Dominique Veillon, Michèle Ruffat), Editions Autrement, 229 - 240

Conference Activities & Talks

• 05 Oct. 2024, Tomoko Okawa, Society for Design and Art Fushing with Science and Technology, Japan Tokyo
• Trends in Secondary Distribution: A Case Study of Fashion Products, 02 Dec. 2023, Tomoko Okawa, La Société Franco-Japonaise de Gestion, Japan
• Imitating authentic clothing through technology transplantation: Evidence from the Japanese fashion Industry, Sep. 2022, Tomoko Okawa, East Asian Business History Workshop, Pierre-Yves Donzé , Tao Chen, Zhao Jin, ZOOM
• Postwar Development of Daimasu's Haute Couture Business, Sep. 2021, Tomoko Okawa, The World Congress of Business History, Nanzan University, ZOOM
• PBL to Utilize Students' Sensitivity - Through Women's University Collaboration Initiatives, Jun. 2021, Tomoko Okawa
• Parfums Christian Dior Aspects of the Founding Period, May 2021, Tomoko Okawa, La Société Franco-Japonaise de Gestion, Japan・Tokyo
• The Development of the Couture Business in Daimaru Department Store: focusing on Yasuko Ueda, Oct. 2019, Tomoko Okawa, The 55th Anual Congress: The Business History Society of Japan, Business History Society of Japan, Tokyo (Japan)･ Keio University
• The Evolution of Sōgō Shōsha in Japan’s Fashion Industry as Intermediaries for European Brands, Sep. 2019, Tomoko Okawa, International Congress of French Business History, Universite Paris-Dauphine･Universite Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne･ESCP Europe, France･Paris
• Transformation of the Involvemengt of "Shosha" in the Fashion Industry : Forcusing on the License Business, Sep. 2018, Tomoko Okawa, The 54th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan, Business History Society of Japan, Kyoto (Japan)･Kyoto University
• Historical consideration of licensing business in fashion business, Nov. 2017, Tomoko Okawa, The Japan Society for Fashion Business 2017, Japan Society for Fashion Business, Bunka Gakuen University
• Tackles under the period of the dawn of the fashion industry, Oct. 2017, Tomoko Okawa, The 53rd Annual Conference: Business History Society of Japan, Business History Society of Japan, Fukui (Japan)･Fukui Prefectural University
• The Business Strategy of a Haute Couture Maison, and the Industrial Development of Japanese Fashionーthe Case of Christian Dior, Mar. 2017, Tomoko Okawa, Nouveaux Regards sur la Haute Couture Parisienne, de 1850 à Nos Jours, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art ･Institut Français de la Mode, France･Paris･Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art ･Institut Français de la Mode
• The development of education of fashion business -- Through the comparison with France, May 2016, Tomoko Okawa, The 68th Annual Conference: The Japan Society of Home Economics, Japan Society of Home Economics, Aichi (Japan)･Kinjyo Gakuin University
• The role of the French fashion for the Japanese fashion industry - with the relationship of Christian Dior Co., Ltd., Oct. 2015, Tomoko Okawa, The 51th Annual Conference: Business History Society of Japan, Business History Society of Japan, Osaka (Japan)･ Osaka University
• ICT Development and Fashion Retailing, Jun. 2015, Tomoko Okawa, Anual Conference 2015 of the Japan Research Association for Textile End-Uses, Japan Research Association for Textile End-Uses, Nagano (Japan)･Shinsyu University
• La contribution industrielle de French Couture Maison: une Étude de Cas sur la Relation entre le Japon et Christian Dior, Oct. 2014, Tomoko Okawa, Le 69ème Congrès Annuel de la Société Franco-Japonaise de Gestion, Société Franco-Japonaise de Gestion, Tokyo (Japan)･Rikkyo University
• Development of Retail Industry and the Future Prospects, Jun. 2014, Tomoko Okawa, Anual Conference 2014 of the Japan Research Association for Textile End-Uses, Japan Research Association for Textile End-Uses, Kyoto (Japan)･Kyoto Institute of Technology
• Significance of Licensing Business in the Fashion Industry: Christian Dior and Kanebo, Nov. 2012, Tomoko Okawa, The 48th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan, Business History Society of Japan, Tokyo (Japan)･Meiji University
• The Development of the Francise Business in Japan by French Couture Enterprises (Reading by a Deputy), Aug. 2012, Tomoko Okawa, European Business History Association, Annual Congres 2012･European Business History Association, France･Paris･Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
• Histoire du Développement Commercial de Couture Maison entre Groupe Boussac et Christian Dior, Oct. 2011, Tomoko Okawa, Le 66ème Congrès Annuel de la Société Franco-Japonaise de Gestion, Société Franco-Japonaise de Gestion, Tokyo (Japan)･Teikyo University
• Awareness and Penetration of European Luxury Goods in Japan, Especially in the Context of Postwar Mass Consumption, Jun. 2009, Tomoko OKawa, Annual Congres 2009･European Business History Association, European Business History Association, Italy･Milano･Bocconi University
• Trajectoire de la Période de Fondation de Une Couture Maison- Un Example de Maison Christian Dior, May 2006, Tomoko Okawa, Le 61er Conférence Annuelle de La Société Franco-Japonaise de Gestion, La Société Franco-Japonaise de Gestion, Saitama Pref (Japan)･Daitobunka University
• La maison Dior, modèle de référence pour les années soixante, Dec. 2005, Tomoko Okawa, Institut d'Histoire du Temps Présent, Centre Georges Pompidou･Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France･Paris

Awards & Honors

• France and the World（Column：Fashion), Hirotaka Watanabe・Yoshiko Uehara (eds.), 日仏経営学会, Excellent Book Award
• Producing Fashion (Chapter 5: Licensing Practices at Maison Christian Dior), Tomoko Okawa, Regina Lee Blaszczyk (ed.), American Library Association, Best of the Best from the University Presses

Researcher Profile and Settings

Academic association activities

• The Society of Costume and Textile
• The Japan Society for Fashion Business
• The Japan Society of Home Economics
• The Japan Research Association for Textile End-Uses
• Business History Society of Japan
• La Societe Franco-Japonaise de Gestion

Outside campus committee activities

• Board of Directors, La Societe Franco-Japonaise de Gestion
• Board of Directors

Social Contribution Activities

• Jun. 2022
• 07 Aug. 2021
• Mar. 2019
• Feb. 2015
• Nov. 2014
• Summer Short Program "Discover the Real Tokyo 2014", Organaised by International Exchange Center of Aoyama Gakuin University, Aug. 2014
• Graduation presentation committee of ESMOD JAPON, Mar. 2007
• Jury for "Moet & Chandon, New Fashion Designer Prise" (Organised by Counsil of Fashion Designers, Tokyo), Sep. 2004

Media report

• SENKEN
• The Asahi Shinbun
• SENKEN
• SENKEN SHINBUN
• Yomiuri Shinbun
• Senken
• Yomiuri Shinbun
• Senken
• "Tokimeki Times", Nihon Seni Shinbun