Kenzo

Anextraordinarycollectible，"Kenzo"creativelypresentsfortyyearsoftheParis-basedfashionhouse，foundedbyJapanesedesignerKenzoTakadaandnowinaresurgenceunderartisticdirectorAntonioMarras.Establishedin1970byKenzoTakada，whohadarrivedinParisfromJapanin1965，KenzoisoneofthegreatFrenchhousesthattransformedglobalfashioninthelatterhalfofthetwentiethcentury.NowundertheartisticdirectorshipofAntonioMarras，KENZOhasagainachievedcriticalandpopularacclaim.MarrasdrawsfromtherichveinofKenzotraditionasitengagesthespiritofthenewcentury.Armedwithanunmatchedvocabularyinprintsandtextiles，MarrasminesbothEastandWest，thepresentandthepast，tocreateacollectionthatevokes，reveres，andreinventstheintentionsofitsfounder.ThehighlightsofTakada'stenureuntilhisretirementin1999arealsodocumentedhere.ThefirstmonographonKENZO，thislavishvolumecomesinarealfabriccover，availableinthreedifferentpatterns，andwithapop-upthatevokestheromantictextiles，envelopes，andpapercraftforwhichthehouse'sfashioncollectioninvitationsareknown.Additionalspecialfeaturesincludethreedouble-sideddoublegatefolds，foldingouttotheequivalentofeightpages，andthreeaccordiangatefolds，foldingouttofivepages.Thisbookistrulyanartobjectinandofitself.