Designer Kenzo Takada (Founder of KENZO Brand) Dies due to Coronavirus (Covid-19) Infection
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Kenzo Takada, one of Japan's leading global fashion designer and founder of the brand "Kenzo," died on October 4 at the American Hospital of Paris located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in the western suburbs of Paris, France due to coronavirus infection (Covid-19). He was 81 years old.
According to a Japanese spokeswoman, he had been hospitalized since early September and focused on treatment, but his condition worsened due to complications.
Mr. Takada was born in 1939 in Hyogo prefecture. After graduating from Bunka Fashion College, moved to France in 1965. After that, he launched "JUNGLE JAP", the predecessor of "Kenzo", and showed his first collection in 1970.
Jungle Jap - Casual fashion using cotton materials with the theme of ethnic folklores became popular, and he was active as a top designer of Paris Fashion Week with Mr. Yves Saint Laurent and Mr. Karl Lagerfeld.
In 1993 he sold the brand to LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and retired as a designer for the brand in 1999.
In January 2008, he launched the luxury homewear & lifestyle brand K三( pronounced K3).
In 2016, he received the Legion of Honor Chevalier from the French government.
Ralph Toledano, chairman of the Federation de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, said,
"With original cuts, inspiration from diverse cultures and exotic prints. Kenzo undoubtedly contributed to the new page of fashion, the fusion of the East and the West. "
Fashion designer Junko Koshino (81) and other people who knew Mr. Takada expressed a sense of loss, saying that they couldn't believe it.
He became a member of the design department with Junko Koshino, Mitsuhiro Matsuda, Isao Kaneko, who are also fashion designers, and was called "the 9th generation of flowers".
Received the "Soen Award", the gateway to young designers in 1961. After working for Sanai department store, he went to France in 1965.
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