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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...

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How Japan's first dressmaking school changed women's lives

Born out of a drive to make Western-style clothing accessible, Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College unleashed a sartorial and social revolution among Japanese women after it opened nearly a century ago. And while its current 21-storey concrete structure in the heart of Tokyo's business district doesn't scream high-fashion, it is the place to be for...

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Kenzo named in French New Year’s honours

London - Founder of French-based fashion label Kenzo has been made an honorary French Knight in the country’s New Year’s honours roll. On New Year’s Day, Japanese designer Kenzo Takada was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest civilian decoration in the annual honour’s list. Takada has lived in Paris since 1964 and grew his...