Kenzo Parfum - Stylert.com

Dec. 13, 2010 - PRLog -- Kenzo Takada became famous for his patchworks and energetic colours. He is staying faithful to his original idea of mixing diverse cultures; Kenzo’s concept is to join clothes with old materials and objects to create a harmonious atmosphere where prints mix with simplicity of shapes.

Kenzo Takad was born 27 February 1939 in Himeji, he is a Japanese fashion designer. He is also the founder of Kenzo, a worldwide brand of perfumes, skincare products and clothes. Kenzo's love for fashion developed at an early age, particularly through reading his sisters' magazines. He shortly attended the University of Kobe, where he felt bored and eventually withdrew, against the will of his family. In 1958, he joined a fashion school, Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College, which had then just opened its doors to male students. After earning his diploma, he settled in Paris in 1964. He was trying to gain a place in the fashion environment; attending shows, making contacts with the media and selling sketches. Kenzo's first designs started because he could only afford to buy his fabrics from flea sales. As a result, Kenzo had to mix many bold fabrics together to make one garment.
His first men's collection was launched in 1983. In 1988, his women's perfume line began with Kenzo de Kenzo (now known as Ça Sent Beau), Parfum d'été, Le monde est beau and L'eau par Kenzo. Kenzo pour Homme was his first men's perfume (1991). FlowerbyKenzo, launched in 2000, has since become a flagship fragrance for the Kenzo Parfums brand. In 2001, a skincare line, KenzoKI was also launched.

For almost three years, Takada tried something new and began traveling, painting, relaxing and filling up the pages of his fashion sketchbooks. At 60 years old, Kenzo Takada launched a new mark that he first named Gokan Kobo (the atelier with five senses). Finally, in 1999, Kenzo Takada's decision to step down. His departure provoked several years of fashion floundering before Antonio Marras was named artistic director for womenswear in 2003 and, then, for the entire brand, in 2008. It was a fortuitous and visionary appointment; Marras recently extended his contract until 2014.

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