Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada, 81, has died of Covid-19 in a hospital in Paris. Photo: EPA-EFE
Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada, 81, dies from coronavirus in Paris
- Takada retired from fashion in 1999, six years after selling his eponymous fashion brand to luxury conglomerate LVMH
- Takada was the first Japanese designer to gain prominence in the highly competitive Paris fashion scene
Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada, 81, has died of Covid-19 in a hospital in Paris. Photo: EPA-EFE