(ROUGH CUT: NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Japan Fashion Week (JFW) officially kicked off on Sunday (March 17) with the autumn and winter collections for 2013 and 2014 by designer Conny Groenewegen from Holland, headlining the week-long fashion extravaganza of mostly Japanese designers.<br/> <br />Groenewegen was elected to be part of 'Fashion Exchange', a programme which invites overseas designers to be a part of JFW.<br/> <br />Strongly influenced by Japanese designers, citing the origin of her inspiration as Japanese designer Yoshiki Hisinuma, Groenewegen has been working towards opportunities in Japanese fashion for the last five years.<br/> <br />For her latest collection, the Dutch seamstress sought to be 'organic', looking for a natural shape sculpted through digital knitting techniques.
