About five or six years ago a group of Japanese designers, sedulously cultivated by the government, exhibited a series of traditional Japanese printed dresses at Paris. The result was a huge success that pushed Japanese fashion designers to the front and center of the international stage at a single stroke.
大約五、六年前，一群日本設計師，在政府刻意培養下，以日本的傳統印花布料設計服裝，在巴黎展出，結果大放異彩，一舉將日本的時裝設計師推上國際舞台。