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Kazu Huggler (* 1969 in Tokyo) is a swiss-japanese fashion designer and founder of the fashion label KAZU.

Origin and education
Kazu Huggler was born in Tokyo as the daughter of a Japanese mother and a Swiss father and thus became acquainted with the cultures of both countries as a child. After graduating high school in Zurich, she studied Japanese art history und aesthetics at Keio University in Tokyo.

Early professional career
Huggler gained her first professional experience in marketing at the Zurich silk house Fabric Frontline. uring this time, she decided to launch her own fashion line. She attended the Zurich School of Design, eventually going on to do a PhD in London at Central Saint Martins. During her studies, she was an intern at Vivienne Westwood.

KAZU
Founded in 2003, the KAZU fashion label is strongly influenced by historical Japanese textile design and the nature of traditional Japanese clothing. They are made in Switzerland, in KAZU's own atelier in Zurich.

Kazu Huggler presents her couture creations in art museums. She celebrated the 10th anniversary of her label with a fashion show at the Nezu Museum in Tokyo. To mark the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Switzerland, a fashion talk and fashion show was held at the residence of the Swiss ambassador in Tokyo. The Imperial Highness Empress Michiko was among the guests. In Zurich, Kazu Huggler's creations were presented at Museum Bellerive (2013), Haus Konstruktiv (2015), Museum Rietberg (2016) and as part of the Zürcher Festspiele im Kunsthaus Zürich (2018)

After the great earthquake in northern Japan in 2011 Huggler founded the NPO Three Cranes Association. Through collaborative sewing projects with residents in Rikuzentakata, the Three Cranes Association supports and promotes local reconstruction. It also supported other projects, such as the Tohoku Grandmothers.

Personal life
Kazu Huggler lives with her husband and their children in Zurich.

Weblinks

 * Kazu und die Kaiserin. Blick.ch. 30. April 2019 (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-21
 * Im Museum Rietberg blickt Kazu Huggler tief in den Spiegel ihrer zweiten Heimat Japan. NZZ. 24. Mai 2019 (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-21
 * Kazus neue Vintage-Kimonos. NZZ. 12. September 2017 (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-21