French-Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada, famous for his jungle-inspired design and free-spirited aesthetic, has died. He was 81 years old.
The family said in a statement to French media on Sunday that Takda had died Troubles from Covid-19 In a hospital in Nouille-sur-Seine, near Paris. A public relations officer of the Kenzo brand confirmed that Takada had died, but did not give a cause of death.
The fashion house said in a statement, “It is with great sadness that Kenzo learned about the death of our founder.” “For half a century, Mr. Takada has been a symbolic figure in the fashion industry – he has always stimulated creativity and color in the world.”
Takda’s death came at the tail end of Paris Fashion Week, whose nine-day calendar has carried out an unusual fashion season for spring-summer 2021 due to the coronavirus epidemic. It was only days before Kenzo Fashion House unveiled its bee-themed collection there.
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Although Takada retired from his home in 1999 to pursue a career in art, Kenzo is one of the most respected fixtures in high Paris fashion. Since 1993, the Kenzo brand has been owned by the French luxury goods company LVMH.
“His incredible energy, kindness, talent and smile were contagious,” said Kenzo artistic director Felipe ive Livira Baptista, who unveiled the bee-themed collection to fashion editors on Wednesday. “Their parental spirit will last forever.”
Kenzo’s styles used bold colors, had clashing prints and were inspired by travels around the world.
“Kenzo Takada, from the 1970s, entered fashion in the form of poetic relaxation and sweet freedom, which inspired many designers after him,” said Bernard Arnault, president and chief executive of LVMH.
Takda was born on February 27, 1939, in Himeji, Hugo Prefecture, Japan, to hoteliers, but his love of fashion began after reading his sisters’ fashion magazines.
Studying in Bunca K College Ledge Fashion in Tokyo, Kenzo Takda had a brief stint in Japan before moving to Paris in 1965 to work as a freelance designer.
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In Paris, she ran a boutique in 1970 and crystallized her future ready-to-wear aesthetic through the jungle scenes of painter Henry Russo, which she blended with Asian styles. It became impressive.
But that was a trivial beginning: the first collection of pieces at the so-called store was made entirely of cotton because it had less money. But the clothes spoke for themselves and a model of it was put on the cover of Elle magazine. Shortly afterwards, the leading pione bha forms, large armholes, hills, smoke tent dresses, innovative shoulder shapes and U.S. at its store. Featured in Vogue. Kenzo showed collections in New York and Tokyo in 1971.
Yves Saint Laurent was an important inspiration, in his work, Takada said. Takda shared St. Laurent’s pension for plays. In 1978 and 1979, he showed up in a circus tent, showing himself riding on an elephant, and performing in horse-riding uniforms.
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His contribution to the genre was significant. He championed a young aesthetic and unstructured form, and set out with zippers to free the silhouettes. His signatures were of wide sleeves and hand holes, which influenced the historic historical styles in his Asia continent.
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