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Monthly Classy Magazine is a Japanese women's magazine published by Kobunsha. Its title Classy is derived from the English adjective classy. It is a sister magazine of JJ, and has been published since 1984 by the same company. The two magazines are closely linked, and often, models who posed for JJ magazine in their youth will return a few years later to model for Classy.

It is estimated that the average reader of Classy magazine is between the age of 24 and 28. The magazine is known to be popular with office ladies (widely known as OL in Japan). It is also famous among university students as a magazine for Onekei fashion.

Classy was first published in 1984 targeting women in their 20's. In the beginning, most of the models were American super models, but changes in the policy led to the inclusion of more and more local models. Famous Japanese super models, namely Umemiya Anna and　Aoyama Kyoko started their modeling careers by appearing as cover girls in the magazine.

deFUZE was established in November 2011 and is now being published about every two months.

It’s a project that was targeting young people to encourage them to persuade their dreams and passion. For many young photographers, artists and fashionistas it is very hard to break the ice in the fashion industry which is often ruthless and unforgivable. deFUZE stands its own by supporting people with true talent unable to promote and market themselves.

deFUZE was found and created by Bartosz Och who is now the Chief Editor of this vastly growing publication. He is also a completely self-taught photographer who understands the ups and downs of fashion.

Bartosz, born 1986 in Katowice, Poland, graduated with Diploma of Higher Education in Printing Technologies and Printing Preparation Processes. He then worked in several printing houses before moving to London where he now works and lives persuading the dream of making deFUZE one of the most recognizable and fashionable publications in the world.