Kenzo

Kenzo

Kenzo Takada was one of the first male students at Tokyo's Bunka College of Fashion. After graduation, he moved to Paris to design. He presented his first show and opened his first store in 1970, and in 1972 he won the Fashion Editor Club of Japan's prize. Takada retired in 1999 and his clothing lines are now designed by Gilles Rosier and Roy Krejberg. His designs are distinctive, and his trademark is the incorporation of elements of traditional Japanese kimonos into modern clothes.