He was a major player in fashion; died from COVID-19
Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada died at the age of 81 in the hospital where he was treated in Paris, the capital of France, on October 4, 2020. Kenzo had been receiving treatment for COVID-19 for some time.
"Kenzo passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2020, at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine," the statement said on Takada's death.
Who is Kenzo Takada?
Kenzo Takada was born on February 27, 1939 in Himeji, Hyogo, Japan. Takada began to read the magazines his sisters read, and in the process, his interest in fashion began to develop.
Interested in fashion, Kenzo Takada studied at Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo. After his education, Kenzo Takada went to Paris, the capital of France, where he worked as a freelance designer for a while.
The first collection that came out by chance
Kenzo Takada, one of the most avant-garde figures of his time with his cheerful, loose and asymmetrical cuts that liberated women, is a designer who achieved firsts.
Kenzo is one of the first male graduates of Bunka Fashion School in Tokyo.
Kenzo Takada, who opened his first boutique in Paris in 1970, also held his first fashion show here. Kenzo Takada, who mainly prepared designs for women during this period, designed a collection for men in 1983. 5 years later, he launched his first perfume.
The Kenzo brand, which he founded in the 1970s, has become one of the biggest fashion brands in the world over time.
Kenzo Takada, who sold Kenzo to the luxury fashion company LVMH Group in 1993, retired in 1999. Kenzo Takada, one of the prolific names of fashion, created 8 thousand different designs from clothes to shoes, from perfumes to bags. At the same time, he is a name that created the first Japanese brand that first opened to France and then to the world, and pioneered others such as Yohji Yamamoto and Issey Miyake.
Kenzo Takada received the Legion d'Honneur award from the French government in 2016.