The man whose name became a famous trademark

The departure of the fashion designer Kenzo infected with "Corona"

Kenzo was born in Japan and spent all his career in France.

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Yesterday, it was announced the departure of the Japanese-French fashion designer Kenzo Takada, due to his infection with the emerging corona virus.

His spokesman said that Takada (81 years), who had converted his first name into a world-famous brand, had died in the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, after being infected with the Coronavirus.

On Twitter, the Kenzo fashion house wrote, “A poem to our founder,”: “Today, his optimism, enthusiasm for life and generosity remain among the pillars of our home .. We will miss him a lot and we will always remember him.”

The designer was not only known for his fashion brands, but also for his collection of perfumes and skin care products.

Kenzo was born in Japan on February 27, 1939, but has spent nearly all of his career in France.

Kenzo sold his trademark in 1993 to the French luxury goods company LVMH.

And in 1999 Kenzo completely retired from the fashion industry.

Ten years later, he also auctioned off his large art collection.

Kenzo, a graduate of the Tokyo-based Bunka College of Fashion, went to France in the mid-1960s when he was 25, and arrived by boat in Marseille, originally intending to stay for a short time, but settled there and became the first Japanese designer to achieve great success in France.

He designed his first large collection in 1970 and founded the Kenzo brand in 1976. In 1983 a line of men's fashion followed, and in 1988 he launched the famous Kenzo perfume.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo tweeted, saying the city "mourns one of its sons."

She said Kenzo gave space to color and light in fashion.

Japanese fashion designer Junko Koshino said she and Takada have been close friends for six decades, since she was 19 years old.

"He was my best friend and he was also a family member," she added.

“We have been competitors, and we have had a friendly competition, since we were little,” Koshino said of her boyfriend, who was also from western Japan.

We also encouraged each other ».

The last time Koshino saw Takada was last February, when she visited him in Paris.

Later, she called him to take care of himself amid the spread of the Corona virus.

And she said, "When I told him not to go out, he replied, 'Well, I won't."

Kenzo fashion house: "We will miss him a lot and will always remember him."

Mayor of Paris: "The city mourns one of its sons."

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