Happy Birthday Takada Kenzo
Takada Kenzo is 71 today. Born in Himeji, Kenzo’s love for fashion developed at an early age through reading his sisters’ magazines. In 1958, he joined Bunka Fashion College which had then just opened its classes to male students. After graduating he evenutally landed in Paris to make his way in the fashion industry. He had virtually no money. Using the fabrics he found were found at Saint Pierre Fabric Market, Kenzo often had to cobble a piece together using different fabrics.
Here is a vintage 1970s suede dress.
Vintage couture Kenzo dress below.
A few of my favorite Kenzo Shoes.
Kenzo Boot 294971 $632 at Endless
Kenzo 294827 Pump $300 at Endless
Kenzo 294956 Sandal $625 at Endless My favorite. This heel is wonderful.
Kenzo retired in 1999. He is now designing home furnishings.
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February 27, 2010 at 5:18 am, r5bales said:
Kenzo is now owned and runned by LVMH. It is funny that virtually every designer who sells to them are terribly dissatisfied with how it is being handled.
February 27, 2010 at 3:04 am, Anna at ShoeHunting said:
I love the third shoe! Never heard of him (somehow), but now I know. Thanks for researching and sharing him with us!