The first exhaustive book ever published to present the portrait of ...

The first exhaustive book ever published to present the portrait of 

KENZO, a fashion House whose aesthetic celebrates diversity and 

universal culture. 

This book published by Rizzoli International is conceived as a visual 

dialogue between two great fashion designers, Kenzo Takada and 

Antonio Marras. 

Narrated by worldwide known authors from domains as diverse 

as art, fashion, literature and spectacle, this publication is an 

invitation on a voyage of discovery and exchange to celebrate the 

40th anniversary of the brand and enter the new decade in a spirit 

of fantasy and freedom. 

An extraordinary collectible, KENZO creatively presents forty years of the 

Paris-based fashion house, founded by Japanese designer Kenzo Takada 

and now revitalized under artistic director Antonio Marras, who has been 

at the helm since 2003. 

Introduction by Francesco Bonami with essays by Olivier Saillard, 

Bradley Quinn and Ryoko Sekiguchi and Antonio Marras in 

conversation with Bartabas and Catherine Ormen. 

Two distinct versions: 

‘‘Standard’’ edition: 

Hardback fabric cover printed in 3 

different patterns. 

Price: €55 Euro / 75 USD 

‘‘Deluxe’’ edition: 

Available exclusively 

in KEnzo boutiques 

Hardback beige canvas cover and a 

special sleeve in transparent acetate 

printed with a Kenzo pattern. This 

edition also comes with a bag in a 

patchwork of different fabrics. 

Price: €140 Euro / 180 USD

KENZO 

Established in 1970 by Kenzo Takada, who had arrived in Paris from Japan 

in 1965, KENZO is a singular house that responds to a prevailing uniformity 

with eclecticism and poetry. Its appeal corresponds to an audience who 

“proclaims their personality, celebrates their differences and affirms 

their style” and to a sensual and self-aware individual with a playful, free 

spirit; a model incarnated by the timeless messages “Kenzo, the world is 

beautiful”. 

Riding the counterculture wave, Kenzo Takada unveiled collections that broke 

completely with the past, boldly proclaiming that fashion could be at the 

same time wildly, colourfully creative and designed for mass consumption. 

The precursor of mixing cultures and influences, the brand knew how to 

evolve and enrich itself with a new exoticism in the colours of our times for 

30 years. 

Now under the artistic directorship of Antonio Marras, KENZO has once again 

achieved critical and popular acclaim, drawing from the rich KENZO history 

while engaging the spirit of the new century. Armed with an unmatched 

vocabulary in prints and textiles, Marras mines both East and West, the 

present and the past, to create a collection that deftly evokes, reveres, and 

reinvents the intentions of its founder. 

The first monograph on KENZO, this lavish volume—an art object in and 

of itself—features details like the romantic textiles, and pop-ups for which 

the house’s fashion collection invitations are known. The monograph will 

be available in one deluxe version, with a fabric cover and complete with 

a patchwork bag (available in the KENZO flagship stores only) and three 

different other fabric covers (available in a selection of bookstores). 

About the Contributors 

Antonio Marras was appointed designer of KEnzo’s women’s ready-towear 

collection in 2003, and in 2008 assumed artistic directorship of the 

entire brand. 

Bartabas is a renowned equestrian and performer who currently directs 

the Academy of Equestrian Arts at Versailles. 

Catherine Ormen is a curator and has written several books on fashion. 

Olivier Saillard is a curator at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris and 

Director of the Galliera Museum, the Paris Fashion Museum and writes on 

fashion. 

Bradley Quinn is an author and journalist with expertise in fashion, 

textiles, and design. 

Francesco Bonami is a curator, writer, and critic. 

Ryoko Sekiguchi is an award-winning poet who lives and teaches in 

Paris. 

Tamae Armand-Ejima is the author of the biography of Kenzo Takada. 

Patrick Cabasset is editor in chief of French L’Officiel magazine.

Kenzo Takada in the first KENZO - shop in Galerie 

Vivienne, Paris, 1970 

Photo: Hiroyuki Iwata 

© KENZO, Rizzoli New York, 2010 

Autumn-Winter 1980 - Drawing for collection 

Kenzo Takada/KENZO Archives 


Autumn-Winter 1984 - Ad Campaign 

KENZO Archives 


Autumn-Winter 1971 - in So-en magazine 

Photo: Masubuchi Tatsuo 


Spring-Summer 1981 - in Elle magazine 

Photo: Oliviero Toscani/Elle/Scoop 


Autumn-Winter 1984 - Silk Scarf for New Year Greetings 1984 



Autumn-Winter 1971 - Drawings for collection 



Autumn-Winter 1982 - Show 

Photo: Guy Marineau 


Spring-Summer 1985 - Ad Campaign 

Photo: Hans Feurer 


Autumn-Winter 1973 - in Stern magazine 

Photo: Peter Knapp 


Autumn-Winter 1975 - in Stern magazine 













Photo: Peter Lindbergh 








Spring-Summer 1976 - Drawings for collection 






Spring-Summer 1988 - Show 

Photo: Jean-Philippe Decros 

© KENZO, Rizzoli New York, 2010


Photo: Jean-Philippe Decros 


Spring-Summer 2005 

Photo: Patrice Stable 

Book pages 8-9 






Autumn-Winter 1988 - Silk Scarf 






Spring-Summer 2007 - Ad campaign 

Photo: Yelena Yemchuk 



Photo: Pascal Therme 








Spring-Summer 1993 - Men’s Show 





Antonio Marras/KENZO Archives 






















Autumn-Winter 2008 - Drawings for collection 











Photo: Paolo Roversi 


Autumn-Winter 2006 - Ad campaign 

Photo: Yelena Yemchuk 


Autumn-Winter 2008 - Antonio Marras preparing Ad campaign 

Photo: Patrizia Marras 




© KENZO, Rizzoli New York, 2010

Autumn-Winter 2009 

Antonio Marras preparing Ad campaign 

Photo: Patrizia Marras 


Autumn-Winter 2009 - Men’s Show 




Spring-Summer 2010 - Ad campaign 

Photo: Mario Sorrenti 


Spring-Summer 2010 - Men’s Show 






KENZO 

Deluxe Cover 


KENZO Book Trade Cover 

French Edition 



English Edition 



Italian Edition 


KENZO Book Pop-Up 


The Book characteristics 

304 pages, 9 x 12 

300 colour illustrations 

1 pop-up, 3 fold-outs on 6 pages, 3 posters 

Available in French, English and Italian 

Publisher: Rizzoli New York 

ISBN: 978-0-8478-3471-6 

Available: November 2010 

Credit 

Credit for the book must read: © KENZO, Rizzoli New 

York, 2010. Images may not be reproduced in any way, 

published, or transmitted digitally, without written 

permission from the publisher, and must be credited 

on a case-by-case basis. 

Press contact 

If you are interested in an excerpt, or images 

to accompany your coverage, please contact : 

Adriano Rossi, Public Relations Director 

+ 33 1 73 04 20 45 

arossi@kenzo.fr

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