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Kenzo unveils first boutique designed by Felipe Oliveira Baptista

Kenzo has opened its inaugural US flagship in New York City, marking the first Kenzo boutique in the world designed by creative director Felipe Oliveira Baptista. Located in Soho at the corner of Grand and Mercer streets, the new “dynamic concept” from Baptista embraces the historic cast-iron façade building emblematic of the downtown...

Jun 30, 2020

Fashion

PFW AW20: Felipe Oliveira Baptista’s debut Kenzo collection

There was a lot of anticipation for Felipe Oliveira Baptista’s debut for Kenzo, especially after the designer decided to skip men’s fashion week in favour of Paris women’s fashion week, and the introduction of a new logo that was designed to “write a new chapter in its history”. Baptista, who succeeded Carol Lim and Humberto Leon as creative...

Feb 27, 2020

Fashion

Kenzo comes out of retirement for a new kind of designing

He could be sipping cocktails in his silk slippers yet fashion legend Kenzo is back at the age of 80. But the Japanese creator is not diving back into the frenzied world of catwalk shows. Instead he will be throwing himself into the more sedate world of interior design Friday by launching a brand called K3. Kenzo sold his hugely successful...

Jan 17, 2020

Fashion

Kenzo updates logo ahead of Baptista debut

Contemporary fashion label Kenzo has unveiled a new logo as it looks to “write a new chapter in its history” with the arrival of Portuguese designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista as its new creative director. The newly updated Kenzo logo has been designed ahead of Baptista’s first collection for the label, which will be presented during women’s Paris...

Jan 16, 2020

Fashion

Kenzo to skip men’s fashion week in Paris

Kenzo has confirmed that it will skip men’s fashion week later this month in favour of Paris women’s fashion week in February. In a short statement, Kenzo said that Felipe Oliveira Baptista, who was confirmed as the new creative director in July 2019, would be showing his first collections for the house during women's Paris fashion week....

Jan 8, 2020

People

Annual overview: Musical chairs of creative directors in 2019

The rotating door of creative directors continues. In 2019 it was another busy year comings and goings in the fashion industry. FashionUnited created an overview of the most shocking changes of the year in case you missed it. January - Bruno Sialelli new creative director of Lanvin The new owner of Lanvin, the Chinese conglomerate Fosun...

Dec 31, 2019

People

Kenzo names Felipe Oliveira Baptista its new creative director

LVMH has confirmed Portuguese designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista as the new creative director at Kenzo, less than a week after Carol Lim and Humberto Leon presented their final collection as co-creative directors of the brand, after deciding to step away to focus on their store and label, Opening Ceremony. Paris-based Oliveira Baptista takes up...

Jul 1, 2019

Fashion

Paris Fashion week men's closes with star-studded runway shows

The curtain came down on Paris men's fashion Sunday with two high-concept shows that had walk-on roles for Solange and K-pop sensation Lisa. Kenzo's design duo Carol Lim and Humberto Leon said goodbye to the French label with Solange as the surprise performer in the same Paris stadium which Elton John had packed to the rafters a few nights...

Jun 24, 2019

People

Kenzo parts ways with creative directors Humberto Leon and Carol Lim

Humberto Leon and Carol Kim are stepping down from Kenzo, where they shared the position of creative director for the past eight years, to focus on their US-based label Opening Ceremony, WWD reports. The duo will present their final collection for the LVMH-owned fashion house on June 23 during Paris Men’s Fashion Week. Their official departure...

Jun 14, 2019

Fashion

Kenzo unveils debut eyewear collection

Kenzo has presented its first eyewear collection in collaboration with Thélios, the joint venture between LVMH and Marcolin. The eyewear has been designed by creative directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, and aims to echo the brand’s Kenzotopia theme for spring/summer 2019 to highlight the fashion house’s “high energy and fun roots”. The new...

Apr 1, 2019

People INTERVIEW

Fashion legend Kenzo lifts veil on colourful legacy

Kenzo Takada, the Japanese designer who retired at the height of his colourful career nearly 20 years ago, wants to show the world how he came up with the pathbreaking designs that helped catapult a wave of Japanese creators onto the Paris stage. After years of taking time for himself, "I again needed to do something, to work," he told AFP. "I...

Nov 15, 2018

Video

Video: Kenzo Fall-Winter 2018 - The Everything Teaser

Kenzo presents “The Everything”, a new film written and directed by Humberto Leon. This is the directorial debut by the accomplished creative director and features Kenzo’s Fall-Winter 2018 collections & Kenzo – La Collection Memento N°3. Source: Kenzo, YouTube.

Aug 30, 2018