MARS ATTACKS: Fashion’s fascination with sci-fi aesthetics, which bubbled up during the fall 2024 collections, continues to play out in advertising. To wit: Kenzo‘s latest coed campaign was shot amid the volcanic landscapes of Lanzarote, Spain, which might as well be another planet. Photographer Johnny Dufort trained his camera on models rambling over the rocky … Read more
The anticipated arrival of Colombian musician Maluma and K-pop star Vernon of Seventeen brought scores of screaming fans to the Jardin du Palais Royal, blocking traffic and causing chaos, even though security tried to corral people behind barriers. “It’s such a beautiful thing. You know I’m coming all the way from Colombia till here. It’s … Read more
OUT OF THIS WORLD: The sci-fi elements woven through Kenzo‘s pre-fall and fall 2024 collections carry over into the brand’s latest ad campaign, with the fashions set against a lunar-like landscape, albeit not as dry as the moon. “A conversation between the earthly and the galactic” is how the Paris-based house described the concept, meant … Read more
WITH A CAPITAL: Japanese fashion designer Nigo, who runs his Human Made brand and serves as artistic director of Kenzo, pings between his home country and Paris. Ditto the campaigns he does for Kenzo: His spring 2024 effort, which breaks Monday on Kenzo’s digital channels and on billboards in China, was photographed in several iconic … Read more
No library card was required for entrance to the Kenzo show Thursday night — just a ticket and the will to bypass tons of screaming fans camped out for a glimpse of Zayn Malik, making a rare appearance at fashion week. The show was held at the national library, Bibliothèque Nationale de France Richelieu. Eric … Read more
What does George Lucas’ “Star Wars” have to do with Nigo’s Kenzo? During a preview at Kenzo’s showroom on the Rue Vivienne earlier this week, the Japanese designer lauded how Lucas and his costume designers took inspiration from kimonos, samurai armor and other Japanese elements, but so effectively blurred the references they didn’t telegraph any … Read more
URBAN JUNGLE: “Dream, love and freedom” were Kenzo Takado’s favorite words and those he would want to be remembered by, said Ruth Obadia, Takada’s longtime publicist, close friend, and the organizer of an event on Tuesday where Paris dignitaries unveiled a plaque dedicated to the late designer, who died of COVID-19 in 2020. Former colleagues, … Read more
