J-Fashion Panels and Community Events
Join us for J-Fashion panels, workshops, contests, games, and more!
Fashion Shows
Elegant Show
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 1 & 2
Saturday, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The Elegant Fashion Show will encompass styles such as lolita fashion, EGL, EGA, ouji, otome, or natural kei. These styles often take inspiration from fashion history and use beautiful and intricate garment details to make its wearers feel like royalty!
Pop! Show
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 1 & 2
Sunday, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Do you love the fun, kawaii, and colorful side of J-Fashion? Grab your accessories and ready your glitter! The Pop! Fashion Show will feature styles such as fairy kei, decora, gyaru, and menhera. These styles are often characterized by their use of bright colors, an explosion of accessories, fun prints, and a rebellious outlook on life!
Click here for more information about the participating Fashion Show designers.
Community Events
J-Fashion Community Fashion Walk & The Atelier: Handmade Coordinate Contest
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 1 & 2
Saturday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, 7:00 pm participant call-time
Community Fashion Walk
We are inviting all J-Fashion enthusiasts to flaunt their personal style in the Community Fashion Walk. Come watch participants strut the runway in their best outfits!
The Atelier: Handmade Coordinate Contest
The Atelier is the handmade contest portion of the event where competitors can show off J-Fashion outfits of their own creation for the chance to win prizes.
Participants will be asked to showcase their handmade coordinates on the runway and to explain how each piece was created. Participants may choose to either wear the coordinate themselves or showcase it on somebody else. Contest entries will be judged on criteria such as craftsmanship, creativity, and skill level. Winners will be picked by a panel of industry judges and will receive prizes donated by participating J-Fashion brands.
How to Participate
Sign-up at any time before the Fashion Walk at the J-Fashion Information Desk located in the Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown lobby. All participants should return at 7:00 pm for check-in. Participants will be organized into walking order and we will take group photos afterwards.
All coordinates must be recognizably J-Fashion (including, but not limited to styles such as lolita fashion, EGA, ouji, mori-kei, decora, fairy-kei, gyaru, menhera, or wafuku).
J-Fashion Game Night
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 2
Sunday, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Hang out with fellow J-Fashion enthusiasts for a casual game night! Bring your favorite board games or consoles, and come and go as you please for a fashionable evening of fun. J-Fashion or kigurumi dress attire encouraged!
Panels
For more detailed panel information, please check the Panels Index.
Friday
Let’s Draw J-Fashion!
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 1 & 2
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Want to practice drawing J-Fashion and Kawaii things? Join this chill drawing workshop! Some supplies provided. All skill levels welcome!
You’ve Got Mail!
San Jose Convention Center – Panel Room 3
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Ever wondered how to order fashion from Japan? Curious about mail forwarding? Have questions about shipping? Hosts Seams and Jenna will answer it all!
How To Tie A Perfect Bow
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 1 & 2
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Can’t get your bow picture perfect? Drop in for a quick lesson on how to tie a perfect bow!
Materials For Lolita Fashion
San Jose Convention Center – Panel Room 3
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Want to get started sewing your own lolita fashion? Join Fabrickind to learn which fabrics and trims will get you all frilled up!
Altering Lolita Fashion
San Jose Convention Center – Panel Room 3
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Want to alter lolita for fit and fashion? Join veteran lolitas Fabrickind and Hairspring to learn to embellish, tailor, upgrade, and combine garments.
Print-o-mania!
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 1 & 2
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Help design the ultimate lolita fashion print! This is an interactive panel where the audience can pick and draw print elements to create a new design.
Learn to Tie an Obi!
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 1 & 2
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
We will be learning to tie casual style obis! Bring your own or try one of those provided! No kimono/yukata dressing instructions, obi tying only!
Saturday
Make Rosettes with Mossbadger
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 1 & 2
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Craft along with Jordana from Mossbadger as she shows how to make rosette brooch clips – an awesome accessory for your J-Fashion coordinate.
Metamorphose Design Ranking
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 1 & 2
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Lolita fashion brand Metamorphose reviews and comments on ranking of popular designs chosen by fans! Please note that this panel is pre-recorded.
Sunday
Lolita Fashion 101
San Jose Convention Center – Panel Room 3
10:00 am – 11:30 pm
Interested in lolita fashion but don’t know where to start? Come learn the basics in this 101 panel!
Get the Look—Anime Edition!
San Jose Convention Center – Panel Room 3
11:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Want to dress like your favorite character? Join Japanese fashion experts Jenna and Kelp as they match up real-life garments to fictional fashion!
J-Fashion Bingo
San Jose Convention Center – Panel Room 4
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Join Jordana from Mossbadger for a fun fashion game with audience participation – show off your coordinates and win prizes!
Posing Academy
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 1 & 2
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Got the perfect outfit but not sure what to do for the perfect photo? Come get some posing tips for looking your best!
Metamorphose Coordinate Commentary
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown – Salon 1 & 2
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Lolita fashion brand Metamorphose comments on outfits submitted by fans! Please note that this panel is pre-recorded.
Sneak Peek: Haenuli Design
San Jose Convention Center – Panel Room 3
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Haenuli is a lolita fashion designer and illustrator of 16+ years. Join us for a sneak peak of her newest designs and a live virtual Q&A session!