When Koshino visited Paris, she always stayed with Takada in Paris, and he would return the favor when he visited Japan, where he grew to become a close household friend. Another of Takada’s advantages as a designer, Koshino says, was that he hadn’t started out as a tailor in a fashion home. The close bond that had grown between the two designers remained unchanged even after Takada moved to Paris. Koshino was the first of the four to make a splash in 1960 when she grew to Women Fahion become the youngest ever winner of the Sōen Prize, a prestigious award extensively thought to be a stepping stone to success for young designers in that period. Driven on by the award bestowed on his “ally” and shut pal, Takada claimed the prize himself in the following 12 months. Japan at the time was at the peak of its postwar interval of high-speed economic development.

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