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  Akemi Sone Career Profile
Akemi Sone NYBS Creative Arts Makeup Artist School New York Akemi Sone
2006 Hair & Makeup,and Costume Design for 'Kurofune-The black ship' at Lincoln Center.
2005 Opened new studio for N·Y·B·S CREATIVE ARTS at 5th Avenue and 45th Street.
2002 "Red" Total Beauty Collection at The Westin Osaka and The Meridien Grand Pacific Hotel Tokyo, Japan.
2000 Opened new studio for N·Y·B·S CREATIVE ARTS.
1999 Opened new office for NEW YORK BEAUTY SPACE at The Gray Bar Building at Grand Central Station.
1998

"Rockfeller Center Flower&Garden Show '98 by AKEMI SONE SPECIAL COLLECTION" at Rockfeller Center. 3 million people visited the exhibition after the show.

1997 "'97 AKEMI SONE SPECIAL COLLECTION" in the General Assembly Building of the United Nations. MIKIMOTO AMERICA LTD. Scarf designed by AKEMI SONE.
1996

Opened AKEMI SONE boutique in midtown. Designed and created private costume for Placido Domingo.

Founded NEW YORK BEAUTY SPACE, INC. Created skin care line "DERMA SYSTEM". Created cosmetic line "N Y B S".
1994

Started NEW YORK BEAUTY SPACE. Designed and created private costume for
Michael Jackson.

Presented Fall/Winter '94 New York Collection at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, NYC.

1993 Introduced Spring/Summer '94 New York Collection "7th on Sixth" at Bryant Park, NYC.
1992

Presented Fall/Winter '93 New York Collection at Ateleir, NYC.

Founded IMEKA NEW YORK CO, INC. an international apparel firm that designs, manufactures, and distributes "couture" quality women's wear.

1991 Presented Fall/Winter '92 New York Collection at Ateleir, NYC.
1990

Made American debut by presenting Spring/Summer '92 New York Collection at the Royalton Hotel, NYC.

Designed and created private costume for Grover Washington, Jr., La Toya Jackson, and other celebrities.

1989

Emigrated to New York.

Founded AKEMI SONE STUDIO, INC., in NYC.

1987

Kimono IROHA by AKEMI SONE is new line of kimono at the Japan Art Festival in Kyoto, Japan. Designed the "AKEMI SONE" line of kimonos for JURAKU CO., in Kyoto Japan.

Presented avant-garde "Stephanie&AKEMI SONE Rock & KIMONO Show" at the Parco Theater in Tokyo, Japan.

1986

"AKEMI SONE" a new line of kimonos, and "Yuki Azuma" a new line of long-sleeved kimonos, are designed and produced for the Yasuda Tashichi Co., in Kyoto Japan.

Original brand "Rufu" is designed and produced for the Toray Le Monde Kouyou.

Presented "AKEMI Kimono Fashion Performance" at Aoyama Spiral Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Designed costumes for performance of Shakespearean plays "Ophelia" and "King Lear" at the Japan Art Festival in Tokyo, Japan. "Ophelia" won the Japan Arts Academy Prize.

1985 Produced and directed kimono show for The Show Festival in Niigata, Japan.
1984

Special guest of "The Japan-U.S. aerobics instructor contest".

Presented "Shiromuku" a kimono performance at the NBC Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Coordinated "The CELINE kimono debut collection" at The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.
1981

Established "AKEMI SONE LADIES BEAUTY ACAEMY", a training institute for kimono models. Also produced kimono shows.

Trained aerobics instructors.

Designed and coordinatedcostumes for singers and actresses.
1976

Taught traditional kimono wearing at Hatumi Kishimono Total School and at more than twenty schools throughout the Kobe region of Japan, while working as a music journalist for Music Research Co. in Osaka.

1973 Studied kimono in Kyoto, Japan.