The Japanese fashion designer who founded Kenzo has died from coronavirus today in a hospital near Paris. Kenzo Takada, 81, died at the American hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a spokesman for the fashion star confirmed. The self-made Japanese and French designer is known worldwide under his first name Kenzo, which he shared with his fashion brand famed for colourful and eccentric designs.
Despite leaving the brand in to enjoy a 'permanent holiday' of a retirement Kenzo was still involved in maintaining the brand's seamless mix of traditional Japanese fashion and modern western style that it is famed for. Kenzo Takada, 81, died from coronavirus in a hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, today. The Japanese-French designer is known worldwide under his first name Kenzo and his fashion brand is famed for its colourful and quirky designs.
Kenzo, who was born on February 27, , in Himeji, Japan, to hoteliers, developed his love for fashion at a young age while reading his sisters' magazines. After becoming one of the first male students to study at Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo he travelled to Paris for the first time in at the age of 26 to become a freelance designer.
He had only intended to stay in Paris for a few months before returning to Japan, but became determined to create a brand for himself as a designer. The same year he took over a Paris boutique and had his clothing featured on the front cover of Elle magazine. A spokesman for the fashion star, who was 81, confirmed the sad news, according to RT. Kenzo opened his flagship store, Kenzo, in the Place des Victoires in October As his fashion brand began to steadily grow as more and more people were exposed to it, Kenzo also delved into the perfume world.
Two fashion models wear a haute couture dress and a matador's bullfighting uniform by Japanese fashion designer Kenzo in He then continued to make a name for himself by holding his fashion shows in circus tents between and The talented designer, whose designs often featured animal motives, famously ended the shows by riding onto the catwalk on an elephant.
