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Takada died on 4 October 2020 from complications from COVID-19 while hospitalized at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine during the COVID-19 pandemic in France. He was 81 years old. Awards. France: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres / Chevalier, 1984; Japan: Medals of Honor / Medal with Purple Ribbon, 1999
Kenzo’s beginnings were inauspicious. When Takada arrived in Paris in 1965, having travelled from Tokyo via Hong Kong, Saigon and Mumbai, he was disappointed by what he found. “Paris was dark ...
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Upon his graduation, he designed women’s clothes for a department store. Finding inspiration in the work of Yves Saint Laurent, Takada boarded a boat bound for Marseille, France in 1965. Speaking little French, Takada soon met his partner, Xavier de Castella and decided to settle in Paris. Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada at mens ...
Nov 18, 2020 · When he was still studying and working in Japan he had thought little of traditional Japanese dress but a trip to Japan in 1972, on his way to the US, had opened his eyes.
Oct 6, 2020 · In 2004, he designed the Japan National Team’s Athens 2004 Olympics uniforms. He launched Gokan Kobo, a collection of tableware and home décor , in the same year. Takada in Tokyo in October, 2019.
Oct 4, 2020 · Oct. 4, 2020. Kenzo Takada, the designer whose exuberant prints helped bring Japanese fashion to the world, died on Sunday at a hospital in Paris. He was 81. The cause was complications of the ...
Nov 9, 2020. Paris –. “He brought us colors and freedom to our silhouettes,” said French President Emmanuel Macron last month, offering condolences to fashion designer Kenzo Takada’s ...
