A model displays a creation by Japanese designer Aya Furuhashi at a fashion show during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, October 19, 2009. Michael Caronna

A model displays a creation by Japanese designer Aya Furuhashi at a fashion show during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, October 19, 2009. Michael Caronna

A model presents a creation by Japanese designer Junya Tashiro at a fashion show during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, October 19, 2009. Toru Hanai

A model presents a creation by Japanese designer Toshikazu Iwaya at a fashion show during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, October 19, 2009.Toru Hanai

Participants listen to an organiser speak before the MODELS 2009 fashion model audition in Tokyo, October 18, 2009. Toru Hanai

A man watches a model (not pictured) displaying a creation by Mint Designs while another model is reflected on a window in front of him at a fashion show during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, October 19, 2009. Michael Caronna

A model displays a creation by Mint Designs at a fashion show during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, October 19, 2009. Michael Caronna

Models present creations by Japanese designer Junya Tashiro at a fashion show during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, October 19, 2009. Toru Hanai

A model presents a creation by Japanese designer Junya Tashiro at a fashion show during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, October 19, 2009. Toru Hanai