Fashion designer Kenzo Takada has died from coronavirus.
Takada, the founder of the company Kenzo, died aged 81 on Sunday in a hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris.
A spokesman for the fashion star shared that the he died according to RT.
Kenzo is a worldwide brand of perfumes, skincare products and clothes.
Japanese-French fashion designer Takada found his love for fashion at an early age, particularly through reading his sisters’ magazines.
He initially struggled in Paris, selling sketches of designs to fashion houses for 25 F each.
The designer had intended to leave Paris for Japan after a few months, but vowed not to do so until he had created something there, as he was determined to open a boutique fashion house in an area where his peers had not opened one.
Fashion designer Kenzo Takada has died from coronavirus (Image: JOEL SAGET/AFP)
Takada was the first Japanese designer to gain prominence in the competitive Paris fashion scene.
He got his first real big break when Elle featured one of his designs on its cover back in June 1970.
The year after that, he won the Fashion Editor Club of Japan’s prize.
Kenzo opened his flagship store, Kenzo, in the Place des Victoires in October 1976.
Takada, who was the founder of the company Kenzo, died aged 81 on Sunday at a hospital near Paris (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
He then continued to make a name for himself by holding his fashion shows in circus tents between 1978 and 1979.
The talented designer ended the shows by riding onto the catwalk on an elephant.
Also well as fashion, he also directed a film called Yume, yume no ato, which was released in 1981.
Kenzo announced his retirement back in 1999 as he pursued a career in art.
In January this year, he announced that he would be launching a new lifestyle brand named K3.
The brand debutedat the Maison et Objet trade show back on 17 January this year.
The designer’s significant other Xavier de Castella died back in 1990.
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