Tayuka Nakanishi

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Tayuka Nakanishi is an active Japanese fashion designer. Along with Akira Takeuchi, she is founder and main designer of the Theatre Products fashion brand, which is popular in the Harajuku and Shibuya areas of Tokyo, known as centers of youth fashion. [1]

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References

  1. "About Theatre Products". Theatre Products Inc. Retrieved 24 January 2013.