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Kenzo Takada (photo: instagram.com/kenzotakada_official)
Fashion designer and designer Kenzo Takada dies of COVID-19
Kenzo Takada, a renowned Japanese fashion designer and designer and founder of the Kenzo brand, died on October 4 of complications from a coronavirus infection.
The designer died in a hospital in an American hospital. He was 81 years old. This is reported by La Repubblica, referring to its press secretary.
According to media reports, Kenzo Takada was suffering from severe COVID-19 symptoms. His relatives have not yet confirmed this information.
Kenzo was born in the Japanese prefecture of Hyogo in 1939. He was the fifth of seven children in the family. In Tokyo, he graduated from one of the most respectable fashion universities, Bunka Gakuen.
In 1965, Kenzo moved to Paris, where he attended fashion shows for Cardin, Dior, Chanel and collaborated, in particular, with the Feraud fashion house and the Jardin des Mode magazine.
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Kenzo Takada (photo: instagram.com/kenzotakada_official)
In 1970 he opened the Jungle Jap boutique, his first store in Villa Lumiere, and created his own brand, Kenzo. He combined shapes and designs borrowed from Japanese traditions with European style and culture in metropolitan areas like New York in his creations.
Kenzo interpreted the “power of flowers” with jungle prints and a nod to the symbolism of nature, revolutionizing the taste of the 70s and 80s. In 1977, children’s clothing was added to the collections for women and men, and since 1988 , a line of perfumes.
Since 1980, the Kenzo brand has grown into a company that was acquired in 1993 by Bernard Arnault, a French billionaire businessman, president and CEO of the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) group of companies.
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