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Kenzo Takada BIOGRAPHY
1939 Himeji, Japan - 2020 Paris, France. Known for: Fashion design, painting, printmaking, costume design.
"Kenzo Takada, Who Brought Japanese Fashion to the World, Dies at 81," Online obituary of The New York Times, by Vanessa Friedman, October 5, 2020. He planned to stay in Paris for six months but... Read full biography
"Kenzo Takada, Who Brought Japanese Fashion to the World, Dies at 81," Online obituary of The New York Times, by Vanessa Friedman, October 5, 2020. He planned to stay in Paris for six months but stayed 56 years, becoming known for bold, exuberant prints. He died of the novel coronavirus. Kenzo... Read full biography
"Kenzo Takada, Who Brought Japanese Fashion to the World, Dies at 81," Online obituary of The New York Times, by Vanessa Friedman, October 5, 2020. He planned to stay in Paris for six months but stayed 56 years, becoming known for bold, exuberant prints. He died of the novel coronavirus. 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 novel coronavirus, a... Read full biography
"Kenzo Takada, Who Brought Japanese Fashion to the World, Dies at 81," Online obituary of The New York Times, by Vanessa Friedman, October 5, 2020. He planned to stay in Paris for six months but stayed 56 years, becoming known for bold, exuberant prints. He died of the novel coronavirus. 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 novel coronavirus, a spokeswoman for the designer said, adding that he had been sick for a few weeks. Known for his beaming smile and mischievous sense of fun — one of his more famous sayings was “fashion is like eating, you shouldn’t stick with the same menu” — Mr. Takada, who... Read full biography
"Kenzo Takada, Who Brought Japanese Fashion to the World, Dies at 81," Online obituary of The New York Times, by Vanessa Friedman, October 5, 2020. He planned to stay in Paris for six months but stayed 56 years, becoming known for bold, exuberant prints. He died of the novel coronavirus. 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 novel coronavirus, a spokeswoman for the designer said, adding that he had been sick for a few weeks. Known for his beaming smile and mischievous sense of fun — one of his more famous sayings was “fashion is like eating, you shouldn’t stick with the same menu” — Mr. Takada, who was generally referred to only as Kenzo, shook up the established French fashion world after arriving from Japan in 196... Read full biography
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"Kenzo Takada, Who Brought Japanese Fashion to the World, Dies at 81," Online obituary of The New York Times, by Vanessa Friedman, October 5, 2020
He planned to stay in Paris for six months but stayed 56 years, becoming known for bold, exuberant prints. He died of the novel coronavirus.
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 novel coronavirus, a spokeswoman for the designer said, adding that he had been sick for a few weeks.
Known for his beaming smile and mischievous sense of fun — one of his more famous sayings was “fashion is like eating, you shouldn’t stick with th...But wait, there's more...
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