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Kenzo Takada, founder of famous fashion brand Kenzo, died of the complications of Covid-19 on October 4 at the age of 81. During his life, he had many great contributions to the world. in fashion, perfume and household appliances. At the same time, revolving around his life has a lot of interesting information!

1. He is the first male student of the vocational schoolBunka Fashion College

Bunka Fashion College, located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, specialized in fashion training and related fields. When Kenzo became a school student in 1958, he was one of the first male male students because before the school did not recruit male students. Here, he won the Soen Award award in 1961 for his fashion design.

2. He was paid by the Olympic Committee to leave the house

In order to prepare for the Summer Olympics in 1964, the Olympic Committee had to demolished his house in Tokyo and his temple for him to move. With this amount and the amount earned from the painting occupation, Kenzo went to France with a ship and then traveled throughout China, India and Africa. This is also the first time Kenzo traveled and this trip gave him a lot of precious experiences on diverse cultures. This experience has helped him have more composing ideas for their fashion works later.

3. He is a founding member of the French fashion executive agency

In 1970, he introduced the first collection in Paris. Collection, then, was exhibited in New York and Tokyo in 1971 and helped him win the prizeFashion Editor Club of Japan. After three years of introducing the first collection in Paris, Kenzo participated in the founding of one of the three precursors of the French fashion executive agency.

4. He is the first fashion designer to lay the foundation for the career of the French model -Inès de la Fressange

Inès de la Fressange was the most famous model of that period and signed the first exclusive model with Chanel in 1983. To get this success, inès de la Fressange has received a lot of support Kenzo as her first fashion designer.

5. He designed a perfume bottle based on gravel model

In 1986, Kenzo was with Pierre Broc, the new founder of Kenzo perfume brand visited the designer of Serge Mansau perfume bottle. During the meeting, he picked up a pebble to go on the table and said he liked it. After that, he had a new initiative when he liked flowers. And finally the gravel-shaped perfume bottle with a flower shape design has been made and introduced to the public.

6. He has a prominent contribution in the household

In 2002, he founded Gokan Kobo - a brand of lifestyle. After that, this brand changed its name to Takada. Sorry, in 2007, this brand no longer exists. He also plans to operate the new brand in the lifestyle named K3 since the beginning of 2020 but his intention is not fully implemented.