We freely express various
emotions and feelings in everyday life with
bright hue in our textile pattern. As you
wear the fabric, we want to share the fun-loving
spirit that makes you want to gdance to the
beat of stepsh in a way that wouldn' t change
by fashion.
"tafca" is brand
of textile product established in 2008 based
in Tokyo by Shimizu/Designer, Miyazaki/Press,
and Enomoto/Planning. "tafca" is
a term of an archaic Japanese meaning, dance
and step to the music.
tafca's textile is designed based on abstract
paintings of a life style. When we launched
our brand in the beginning, we started from
selling clothing and accessories. Currently
we are approaching beyond apparel by offering
our design, and collaborating with the other
companies.
Reiko Shimizu was born
in Shizuoka in 1980 and grew up in Tokyo.
After graduating from Bunka Womenf s University
in 2002, she became a member of the Creative
Fashion Department to be engaged in abstract
paintings. In 2006, she held her own art exhibition
at GALERIE SOL in Tokyo, Ginza. Her interest
and creative activities expanded into fashion,
which have lead to the foundation of her original
textile brand, gtafcah in 2008. Her offer,
gThe company retreat would be in Hawaii.h
was a good enough reason for Pam Miyazaki
to join the brand afterwards.
Pam Miyazaki was born in
Hokkaido in 1982 and grew up in Tokyo. After
graduating from Bunka Fashion College in 2000,
she worked for fashion company and later went
to Canada to study English. Upon her return
to Japan in 2007, she worked in overseas trading
and buying, and has since joined gtafcah being
involved in marketing and planning.
Kazuya Enomoto was born
and grew up in Tokyo in 1981.He has been to
Thailand to learn English but he out of nowhere,
yearn for Ra-men and came back home.He was
caught up by tafca, and he has been succeeded
on his work as a planner at tafca. But after
all, he never could get enough of Ra-men.
