Kenzo: Ready-to-wear AW20
Felipe Oliveira Baptista ushered in a new era at Kenzo. The brightly coloured insta-dressing, with which his Kenzo predecessors defined the last decade, has gone. The designer replaced it with his...
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Felipe Oliveira Baptista ushered in a new era at Kenzo. The brightly coloured insta-dressing, with which his Kenzo predecessors defined the last decade, has gone. The designer replaced it with his...
While we still grieve the departure of Humberto Leon and Carol Lim from the House of Kenzo, the brand’s creative team, now headed by Felipe Oliveira Baptista, are working hard to come up with...
This is the end of an era. To the disappointment of many, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim have departed from the house of Kenzo. Just like Kenzo Takada’s last ever show in 1999, Leon and Lim’s swan...
Just as we thought the fashion game of musical chairs was on a break… To the disappointment of Ten Towers, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon were announced to be departing the house of Kenzo on the...
White for purity and blue for peace, red for luck and soft pink for love… Colour theory can get as spiritual as your daily horoscope, so it makes sense to ask the queen of zodiac to choose your...
Kenzo takes a refreshing approach to its fashion week slot. The house’s designers Humberto Leon and Carol Lim look upon each catwalk show as an opportunity to create a bespoke fashion experience....
© Richard Haughton In many ways, Kenzo Takada was way ahead of his time. The Japanese-born designer redefined European fashion of 1970s with his colourful prints, floral cotton dresses and an easy,...
A cultural exchange in clothing. This seemed to be the underlying message at this afternoon’s Kenzo show in Paris. The designers Carol Lim and Humberto Leon focused on Leon’s Chinese-Peruvian...
Both the young and the old hearts run free in Kenzo’s latest campaign, where colours are bold and energy is palpable. Shot by a legendary artist in his own right, photographer David LaChapelle, the...
And by everything, we mean The Everything – his just-released short flick starring Mila Jovovich, Alexandra Shipp and Kodi Smit-McPhee questioning the boundaries of fashion, film and everything in...
You are requested to “gather and unify” in celebration of the presentation of Kenzo Spring Summer 2019 said the invitation: a mix of men’s and women’s high fashion, bags, sneakers and shoes...
It’s Britney x Kenzo, bitch. Our hearts are jumping, it’s crazy to see. Kenzo has just announced Britney Spears as the face of their La Memento N°2 collection. We are crazy fangirling....
Kenzo took us into Henri Rousseau’s ‘The Dream’ last night. Jungle themed. Before the show, the chosen ones wined and dined, Roussaeu’s Le Banquet brought to life. Humberto Leon and Carol Lim...
Techno surfing in the Antarctic? Over to Kenzo for some seriously bonkers but brilliantly executed thoughts on clothes that marry Hawaii and Antarctica in one of the design duo’s best shows yet....
Kenzo have produced something rather beautiful here- a film yes, but more of a joint creative expression, combining the intoxicating hues of Kenzo’s Spring/Summer 2018 collection, the angelic...
As an aperitif for their Fall ’17 collection, arriving in stores now, Kenzo have harnessed the creative zeal of three bright filmmakers – Mati Diop, Baptist Penetticobra and Eduardo...
Kenzo always know how to put on a fashion show that is more than just a fashion show, or, in this case, a lot more than just a fashion show, being as said show also involved a three-part...
Calling all Kenzo disciples: your latest point of pilgrimage has opened its doors in Paris’ Marais district, courtesy of Humberto Leon and Carol Lim. The spanking new event store will house...
Our last show of Paris and OMG there’s a bungee situation at Kenzo. Lots of bouncy abseiling boys and girls pon the walls on the Lycée Camille Sée. Properly fab. Collection itself, for both men...
There was mention, at Kenzo, of New York and its club scene in the 1990s. It was a sort of nostalgia for the days of James St James and special K, which for some reason made me think of a friend of...
Kenzo junkies, such as we, will be delighted to receive what we’ll call a “part two” of last week’s news that the Parisian house will be launching their own zine, Kenzo...
Celebrating another country’s culture in a way that doesn’t involve sleeping with its male inhabitants (naming no names), Kenzo have announced that they are starting a zine. Like a...
Last night and another fabulous dinner, this time thanks to Kenzo, who threw open the doors to their HQ and put on a spread by Syrian-born chef Mohammad El Khaldy. God, it’s exhausting being...
Following their SS17 campaign reveal earlier this month, Kenzo have released their brand new film ‘Music is My Mistress’, that accompanies the campaign, by Kahil Joseph. Being a personal...
Fashion! Fashion! More SS17 campaign action – following on from their dazzling collaboration with H&M last year and first co-ed show this season, Kenzo have unveiled their latest campaign...
Correct me if I’m wrong, but to (possibly incorrectly) utilise a term learnt in GCSE English, is this not what one would call the breaking down of the fourth wall? The drawing back of the curtain?...
Last night, after months of appetite whetting, Kenzo finally showed us the goods. By which we mean, quite literally – presenting their brand new collaboration with H&M – Kenzo x...
“Yayyyy, it’s Monday,” screamed no-one, ever. Alas, consider this a brief, joyful respite from contemplating the effects of drinking an entire bottle of bleach, and instead enjoy...
The sight of several nude bods of an early evening is usually, in our eyes at least, the sign of a good night. That’s what greeted us at Kenzo’s SS17 show, painted bodies of all shapes and sizes,...
Is there something in the water? Or rather, the air. The fragrance train is running and everybody is hopping on board. The next is Kenzo. That’s right. On top of juggling the brand’s...
Shut the front door. I’m not quite sure what that means, but stop what you’re doing and listen up. As a little humpday treat to you, our dear readers, we have the first few looks from...
Remember your school disco? Your first rave? Dressing like Damon Albarn in the nineties and hoping, desperately, you looked as cool as he did? That’s what Humberto Leon and Carol Lim’s...
Enjoy Kenzo? Have minimal funds? Much enjoyment is to be gained, then, from this morning’s announcement that Carol Lim and Humberto Leon will be the latest brand to collaborate with...
When I was a child, each Christmas day I would put on a special performance for my family. Inevitably this performance a) involved me dressing up as a woman b) ended with a shower of confetti...
The anime outlook of Sailor Moon was an inspiration for Carol Lim and Humberto Leon at Kenzo this winter. Their woman wasn’t cartoonish, although the colours slightly were – neon pinks...
Good things come in small packages, or so they say – like this mini cinematic masterpiece by Sean Baker for Kenzo, released to the world this morning. An extravaganza in 11 minutes. Like last...
An ode to fans, past and present. That was the inspiration of Carol Lim and Humberto Leon at Kenzo, who thought not of rock icons but of said icons’ legions of faithful followers for...
Carol Lim and Humberto Leon are good at snaring young directors aren’t they? What’s their secret? I want to know – I’m keen to bag a hot young thing of my very own. First...
When I was moving from primary school to high school I kept having a recurring nightmare that the whole school lined up to laugh at my new puffa coat. It was terrifying. Turns out that didn’t...
I am so excited by the prospect of a Kenzo Christmas collection that I’m are willing to rip it out of the grip of a toddler to get my hands on it. What can I say, I’m feeling...
As they say, good things come in small packages. So, whilst we await the voice from downstairs to shout “except cocks,” let us introduce you to the Mini Kalifornia, which, despite the...
The inspiration at Kenzo, said the ever-lovely Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, was”the global traveller”. Namely collecting trinkets and stuff as she traverses the globe. Holiday souvenirs....
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“Lila, if you ever got with someone else I’d kill you. I’d kill the other guy and then I’d kill myself”. “Oh Chad, so romantic”. And so begins Gregg...
Hopefully we have all now memorised the answer to the pressing question, ‘what’s better than a static ad campaign?’ The answer obviously being a short film, made in collaboration...
It’s here! The Kenzo x Gregg Araki short film AW15 campaign. You’ve seen the trailer- well you should have, we did gift you with that visual delight a week or so ago- and now enter the...
What? Where? How? Effing hell! Just a few of our thoughts as we walked through blackout curtains into a storage space about half an hour’s drive from the centre of Paris. This was the Kenzo show,...
Say, for example, the your AW15 collection was inspired by the idea of ‘outsiders’, that Gregg Araki, the man behind Totally F****ed Up, The Doom Generation and Nowhere, is one of the, if not...
For cruise, the Kenzo girl has gone, to quote Natalie, “En vacance – a la plage.” If you’re not versed in the language of love, then allow me to translate. She has gone on holiday – to the...
Why do we think “friesian” when we look at this boy? Well, because he has patches, like a cow. Admittedly they aren’t black and white patches, they are brown and pink, like macaroons. And...