User:FrostFairBlade/sandbox/Kenzō Takada

Timeline

 * 1980 - terminated partnership with longtime business partner Gilles Raysse

Collaborations
1993 - sells company

1999 - retires

After being approached by many brands to work with them, and realizing he wanted to stay active, Takada began collaborating with them over the years.

2005 - Coca-Cola can design

Style
Takada has said, "Fashion is not for the few —it is for all the people".


 * '"Kenzo substantiated his look very early on," says Iain R Webb, professor of fashion at Central Saint Martins. "His collections were all about fun, colour and drama, made out of remnants, from old finds. His eclecticism was very much in keeping with the ethnic style of the times and, for that reason, he was very popular among young people. French Elle embraced him very early on and that [magazine] really summed him up – he was youthful and joyous."'
 * Kenzo says, “I choose a theme and put all the clothes together, and it becomes folklore. It may be mad on the runway, but if you take each garment separately you'll see that they're all very quiet.”
 * Kenzo: "It’s thanks to the kimono that I found my identity [...] When I opened my boutique (in Paris) in 1970, I told myself, I’m Japanese, I probably know kimonos and Japanese traditions better than French designers and I should take advantage of that [...] Before that I followed Parisian trends. I hadn’t thought of the kimono in fashion."

Legacy

 * In 2024, former colleagues and friends helped unveil a memorial plaque commemorating Takada at the location of his first boutique

Potential links
https://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/ejcjs/vol21/iss1/kimura.html - 'Cotton poet' latest victim of COVID-19: Obituary, Takada Kenzo - Tets Kimura - Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies - April 14, 2021

https://nuvomagazine.com/magazine/autumn-2019/kenzo-takada-on-his-creative-life

https://fashionista.com/2017/06/kenzo-takada-designer-interview

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/style/04iht-rdrinks.1.19926438.html


 * Collaborations (2005 Coca-Cola drink can)

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/realestate/14iht-13rekenzo.8742598.html


 * Personal life (home finished building in 1993)

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/12/archives/designer-does-what-he-likes-and-its-liked.html


 * Career (1965-1972); style

https://books.google.ca/books?id=8VjUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT73&lpg=PT73&dq=kenzo+takada+sell+LVMH+1993&source=bl&ots=kIiPQWVawl&sig=ACfU3U08IIR8eyIfBABCwETGgpFDNHKV2w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwwJ-fwpXoAhVCIDQIHeq8Dng4ChDoATADegQICxAB#v=onepage&q=kenzo%20takada%20sell%20LVMH%201993&f=false

https://wwd.com/eye/people/kenzo-takada-talks-fashion-film-and-new-collaborations-10934601/ - "Kenzo Takada Talks Fashion, Film and New Collaborations" - June 29, 2017
 * Collaborations; thought process behind collabs


 * Career

https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/kenzo-takada-publishes-first-biography-1202910426/ - "Kenzo Takada ‘Can’t Do’ Social Media" - November 20, 2018


 * Career

https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/kenzo-takada-celebrates-u-s-book-launch-at-fit-talks-about-audrey-hepburn-grace-kelly-1203116299/ - "Kenzo Takada Celebrates U.S. Book Launch at FIT, Talks About Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly" - April 24, 2019

https://vogue.ua/article/fashion/persona/chto-kenzo-takada-sdelal-dlya-mira-mody.html
 * Interests


 * Career (in Russian)

https://www.euro.cz/archiv/kenzo-822431


 * Career (in Czech)

https://www.scmp.com/article/118352/kenzo-incorporated


 * Career

https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/kenzo-takada-8217-s-next-agenda-695508/

October 30, 1972 - https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/30/archives/french-designers-favor-the-casual-look.html - The New York Times - "French Designers Favor the Casual Look"
 * Career (post-retirement - collabs with La Redoute - "Yume", Gokan Kobo)


 * "For day, Kenzo Takada, the Japanese designer, revives the 1900 man's bathing suit—long, skinny, striped tap and pedal‐pushers. [...] At night, the same suit comes striped in gold over a black leotard."; more pants in "exhausting 300‐number collection"

April 4, 1973 - https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist19730404#page/n18/mode/1up/search/kenzo+takada+takada%E2%80%99s - The Daily Colonist (1973-04-04) page(19) - "Lower Hemlines on Horizon"

April 4, 1973 - https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/04/archives/kenzo-displays-his-imagination-with-a-funfilled-fashion-show-in.html - The New York Times - "Kenzo Displays His Imagination With a Fun‐Filled Fashion Show in Paris" - Bernadine Morris
 * Takada talks about trend of making skirts longer


 * 1973 Fall/winter collection - "big, bulky sweaters over full dirndl skirts in gray flannel, tent dresses and tent coats and pleated dresses with embroidered white petticoats worn under them"; people fighting to get in to see the show

August 25, 1974 - https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/25/archives/seventh-avenue.html - The New York Times - "Seventh Avenue" - Sandra Salmans


 * Longer hemline look - "The Big Look" / "The Droop" - "It was pioneered in Paris a year ago by Kenzo Takada, the Japanese designer, with absurdly large skirts and coats."

October 23, 1974 - https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/23/archives/enthusiasm-in-paris-over-state-of-fashion-noticeably-bare-booth.html - The New York Times - "Enthusiasm in Paris Over State of Fashion" - Bernadine Morris


 * "Fist fights developed outside Au Printemps, the department store where Kenzo Takada, the Japanese designer, had his show Monday night. Ticket‐holders were dated with the same disrespect as crashers, which resulted in a fairly sullen audience when the show finally did go on an hour late."

March 5, 1975 - https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/05/archives/will-it-be-full-dresses-or-narrow-or-back-to-living-in-jeans.html - The New York Times - "Will It Be Full Dresses or Narrow —Or Back to Living in Jeans?" - Bernadine Morris


 * "The Big Look" - "Two years ago, the big look was unleashed by Kenzo Takada, the Japanese designer working in Pads, and it soon took the French capital by storm. Within months the avantgarde was turning up in loose dresses and big coats."

March 20, 1975 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83030608/1975-03-20/ed-1/seq-10/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&sort=relevance&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&index=15&words=Kenzo&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=2 - The villager., March 20, 1975, Page 10, Image 10 - "Spring '75 Favors Skirts" - Annalee Gold"

April 10, 1975 - https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/10/archives/saint-laurenta-classic-mood-a-comfortable-look.html - The New York Times - "Saint Laurent: A Classic Mood, A Comfortable Look" - Bernadine Morris
 * "Cotton knit T-shirts designed by Kenzo are striped in interesting colors [...] It takes more courage, and money, to approach another small group of Kenzo cotton tops that suggest Japanese prints."


 * 1975 Fall/winter collection - Oriental-themed - "button or wrap skirts", "knitted knee warmers as ankle warmers", "knitted stocking as a cap"

September 16, 1975 - https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/16/archives/those-tiny-trendy-purses.html - The New York Times - ". . .Those Tiny, Trendy Purses" - Enid Nemy


 * Small bags "were shown earlier this year by Kenzo Takada of JAP in Paris. Within 48 hours, they were on scores of American drawing boards."

May 9, 1976 - https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/09/archives/fashion-paris-report-the-fall-game-peasants-and-indians.html - New York Times - "Fashion: Paris report" - Bernadine Morris


 * 1976 Fall/winter collection - "American Indian" themed; "Kenzo presented a shocker, a form of miniskirt that was usually wrapped over a knitted pullover"

October 26, 1976 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn93063954/1976-10-26/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=18&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&words=Kenzo&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 - The journal-register. volume, October 26, 1976, Page 1, Image 1 - "Is 'Sack Mini' Going to Bring Back Legs?"

October 26, 1976 - https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist19761026#page/n39/mode/1up/search/kenzo+takada+kenzo%E2%80%99s - The Daily Colonist (1976-10-26) page(40) - "Minidress creeping back"
 * 1977 Spring collection - "mini sack" dresses => earlier tried them in 1976 Winter collection in April 1976

December 5, 1976 - https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/05/archives/french-designers-boutiques-show-up-in-unlikely-places.html - The New York Times - "French Designers’ Boutiques Show Up in Unlikely Places" - Barbara MacLaurin
 * Information on the trend for mini-dresses, including Takada's J.A.P. line


 * Kenzo moving to Place des Victoires; will close the store on the rue du Cherche‐Midi on December 30, 1976; Gilles Raysse details why they started big shows - they had fun, others started copying them, they decided to change ("Now we have to prove to women that Kenzo's fashions aren't just fun, but that a model can step off the runway and into an office elevator and not look eccentric in it"); details the American Indian theme

December 17, 1976 - https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS19761217.1.16&srpos=2&e=---en--20--1--txt-txIN-kenzo+takada---1 - Santa Cruz Sentinel, Volume 120, Number 297, 17 December 1976 - Japanese Designers Making Big Splash in International Fashion - Kathryn Tolbert


 * "Kenzo Takada became the first Japanese to have his designs chosen for 'Clothes of the Year' by the 'Museum of Costume' in Bath, England."

March 17, 1977 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031477/1977-03-17/ed-1/seq-40/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&sort=relevance&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&index=16&words=Ken%3Azo+Kenzo&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=2 - The Suffolk County news., March 17, 1977, Page 40, Image 40 - "Enter the Era of Free Wheeling Femininity"


 * Mention of "mini sack" dresses

March 18, 1977 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/1977-03-18/ed-1/seq-24/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=9&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=all&sequence=0&words=FASHION+fashion+fashions+Kenzo&proxdistance=&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=kenzo+fashion&dateFilterType=range&page=1 - Press-Republican., March 18, 1977, Page 24, Image 24 - "French Designs Romantic, Fresh"

October 25, 1977 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1977/10/25/a-supersized-oversized-and-inflated-collection/758879dd-a63d-4ea7-9b1f-f317c63f8d52/ - The Washington Post - "A Supersized, Oversized And Inflated Collection" - Nina S. Hyde
 * Mention of "mini sack" dresses (different article, yet same mentions as the March 17 Suffolk County News article above)


 * "Current collection" - pirates theme - oversized clothes (previously did oversized clothes last season); Indian theme; "Kenzo's strength is that he never got bogged down by what clothes should look like or what can be worn, never having been nursed on Western clothes like other Paris designers."

April 10, 1978 - https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/10/archives/in-paris-adventurous-accessories.html - The New York Times - "In Paris, Adventurous Accessories" - Marian McEvoy


 * 1978 Fall/winter collection - military accessories - "French cavalier hats", "short, majorettelike clothes"; "tiaras bulging with fake jewels", "'gem' belts [...] strung around dresses and tops"

June 8, 1978 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074337/1978-06-08/ed-1/seq-15/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=4&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&words=Kenzo+Takada&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo+takada&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 - Courier express., June 08, 1978, Page 15, Image 15 - "Fashion Show a Circus" - Suzy Patterson


 * Circus-themed fashion show

October 26, 1978 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074337/1978-10-26/ed-1/seq-13/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=1&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&words=KENZO+Kenzo&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 - Courier express., October 26, 1978, Page 13, Image 13 - "Paris' Styles - Slimming, Sinning" - Suzy Patterson


 * 1979 Summer collection - Egyptian-inspired; smaller venue

November 2, 1978 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074337/1978-11-02/ed-1/seq-14/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=10&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=all&sequence=0&words=fashion+fashionable+fashions+KENZO&proxdistance=&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=kenzo+fashion&dateFilterType=range&page=1 - Courier express., November 02, 1978, Page 14, Image 14 - Styles Reflect Egypt, China - Peggy Massin


 * 1979 Spring/summer ready-to-wear collection - Egyptian-inspired

November 12, 1978 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074337/1978-11-12/ed-1/seq-97/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=9&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&words=Kenzo&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 - Courier express., November 12, 1978, Page 97, Image 97 - "Kenzo Nile Trip Results in Old, Mod Egypt Styles" - Susan Anderson


 * Collection - Egyptian-inspired; smaller venue

November 23, 1978 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074337/1978-11-23/ed-1/seq-65/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=7&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&words=Kenzo&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 - Courier express., November 23, 1978, Page 65, Image 65 - "See Through Fashions Shown in Kenzo's Collections for 1979" - Peggy Massin


 * 1979 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection - Egyptian-inspired; smaller venue

October 18, 1979 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074337/1979-10-18/ed-1/seq-17/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=5&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&words=KENZO+TAKADA&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo+takada&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 - Courier express., October 18, 1979, Page 17, Image 17 - Good News for Girl Watchers: Miniskirts Will Be Back in Spring - Suzy Patterson

April 1, 1980 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/04/01/the-designers-hedging-on-hemlines-for-fall/15e0a85c-f147-4e75-ac30-381c58a11ffe/ - The Washington Post - "The Designers: Hedging on Hemlines for Fall" - Nina S. Hyde
 * "Takada Kenzo opted for civilized small showings this week in his house on the Place des Victoires [...]"


 * "Kenzo Takada of Jungle Jap, whose customers have never really given up their miniskirts, successfully showed tweeds and knits in both lengths."

April 11, 1981 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074337/1981-04-11/ed-1/seq-22/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=3&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&words=Kenzo&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 - Courier express., April 11, 1981, Page 22, Image 22 - Kenzo Shows Fondness for Miniskirts - Bernadine Morris


 * Description of fashion show

October 24, 1983 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/1983-10-24/ed-1/seq-12/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&sort=relevance&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&index=18&words=Kenzo&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=2 - Press-Republican., October 24, 1983, Page 12, Image 12 - "Fashion-show crowds packed; gate-crashers become stylish"


 * Description of the general madness at some fashion shows

November 21, 1984 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031482/1984-11-21/ed-1/seq-35/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=2&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&words=Kenzo&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 - The Palladium-times., November 21, 1984, Page 35, Image 35 - "You Can Afford French"

March 22 ,1986 - https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/22/style/kenzo-rainbow-lights-up-paris-openings.html - New York Times - "KENZO RAINBOW LIGHTS UP PARIS OPENINGS" - Bernadine Morris
 * The Limited collection - the Album collection


 * 1986 Fall/winter collection - American West theme - "Kenzo's shapes look easy to wear, but his big accomplishment is making fashion look like fun."

March 25, 1986 - https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/25/style/notes-on-fashion.html - New York Times - "Notes on Fashion" - Michael Gross


 * "The best clothes in Paris so far have been at colorful Kenzo (who is championing the 1970's hippie-style western fringed look all over the Paris streets) [...]"

March 28, 1986 - https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19860328.2.74&srpos=4&e=---en--20--1--txt-txIN-kenzo---1 - Out of Africa: Meryl Streep look is in

March 20, 1987 - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-20-vw-7972-story.html - Los Angeles Times - "On the Scene in Paris : Designers Favor Shorter Skirts, Brighter Colors for Fall" - Bettijane Levine
 * The Album collection - describing a "safari-style" look


 * 1987 Fall/winter collection - "bright colors and a strong show of leg"

October 21, 1988 - https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/21/style/in-paris-fashion-takes-on-a-jaunty-air.html - The New York Times - "In Paris, Fashion Takes On a Jaunty Air" - Bernadine Morris


 * 1989 Spring/summer collection - Takada reduces the amount of people invited to the show; models wore "neatly tailored or softly feminine, beautifully colored clothes"; "ethnic look" reserved for "tropical prints" and "off-the-shoulder blouses"

November 29, 1991 - https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/1991-11-29/ed-1/seq-7/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&sort=relevance&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&index=19&words=Kenzo&proxdistance=5&to_year=2018&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=kenzo&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=3 - Press-Republican., November 29, 1991, Page 7, Image 7 - "'Snoopy' exhibition"

October 11, 1999 - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-11-cl-21045-story.html - Los Angeles Times - "A Dramatic Finale to Kenzo's Career" - Michael Quintanilla
 * Mention of Kenzo participating in a Snoopy/Peanuts exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts


 * Kenzo Takada's final show

December 9, 1999 - https://www.liberation.fr/portrait/1999/12/09/kenzo-takada-60-ans-quitte-le-monde-de-la-mode-et-ses-fleurs-pour-se-concocter-une-existence-sans-so_291379 - Libération - "Kenzo Takada, 60 ans, quitte le monde de la mode et ses fleurs pour se concocter une existence sans soucis. Au Japonais absent." ["Kenzo Takada, 60 years old, leaves the world of fashion and its flowers to concoct a carefree existence for himself. To the absent Japanese."]

March 1, 2004 - https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/kenzo-takada-8217-s-next-agenda-695508/ - WWD - "Kenzo Takada’s Next Agenda"
 * Kenzo's retirement; Kenzo's life story


 * Announcement that Takada formed a new label, Gokan Kobo

December 16, 2004 - https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/kenzo-dives-into-swim-with-gokan-kobo-589785/ - WWD - "Kenzo Dives Into Swim With Gokan Kobo" - Luisa Zargani


 * Beachwear collection under Gokan Kobo label

February 23, 2005 - https://wwd.com/business-news/legal/kenzo-takada-sues-lvmh-582851/ - WWD - "Kenzo Takada Sues LVMH" - Emilie Marsh


 * Takada sues LVMH for $24.4 million over right to use name

June 2, 2005 - https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/kenzo-lvmh-reach-deal-572924/ - WWD - "Kenzo, LVMH Reach Deal" - Emilie Marsh


 * Takada and LVMH reach settlement

June 2, 2005 - https://www.liberation.fr/futurs/2005/06/02/le-createur-japonais-kenzo-takada_521975 - Libération - "Le créateur japonais Kenzo Takada" ["Japanese designer Kenzo Takada"]

September 8, 2005 - https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/kenzo-takada-heads-home-563864/ - WWD - "Kenzo Takada Heads Home" - Robert Murphy
 * Kenzo and LVMH end legal dispute with out-of-court settlement


 * Kenzo's home; Kenzo unveiling new home accessories

December 17, 2007 - https://wwd.com/business-news/financial/takada-forced-to-close-brand-473039/ - WWD - "Takada Forced To Close Brand" - Emilie Marsh


 * Takada decides to close Takada by Kenzo Takada (formerly Gokan Kobo), as monetary transaction with business partner fell through

July 19, 2012 - https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/royale-rocks-6093736/ - WWD - "10 Royale Taps Kenzo Takada for Jewelry Collection" - Katya Foreman


 * New jewelry line in collaboration with 10 Royale

September 14, 2012 - https://wwd.com/accessories-news/jewelry/takada-unveils-jewelry-line-6288341/ - WWD - "Kenzo Takada Unveils Jewelry Line" - Laure Guilbault


 * New jewelry line in collaboration with 10 Royale

September 28, 2018 - https://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/fragrance/exclusive-kenzo-takada-on-making-scents-1202850917/ - WWD - "EXCLUSIVE: Kenzo Takada on Making Scents" - Jennifer Weil


 * Second fragrance with Avon, Avon Life Colour; will launch October 1, 2018

Unknown date - https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/article-1085018/ - WWD - "As Designer Kenzo Retires, House Promises Continuity"


 * Announcement of Takada's retirement

Unknown date -https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/article-1145766/ - WWD - "Kenzo Makes His Mark" - Godfrey Deeny


 * "Two years after his house was acquired by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton", Takada announced his plan to open Kenzo Studio

Unknown date - https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/article-1138709/ - WWD - "Kenzo Store Aims to Build U.S. Presence" - Janet Ozzard


 * New boutique at 805 Madison Ave