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KENZO
KENZO is the Paris fashion house founded in 1970 by Japanese designer Kenzo Takada. Its visual language combines print, colour, nature, travel and a cross-cultural energy that connected Tokyo and Paris from its first Galerie Vivienne boutique. Nigo became Artistic Director in September 2021, following the completed creative tenures of Carol Lim and Humberto Leon and Felipe Oliveira Baptista. The profile preserves these distinct authorship periods and the founder’s historic contribution rather than treating all KENZO design as one continuous role. KENZO belongs to LVMH, whose group reporting is never represented as KENZO-only revenue, margin or valuation unless LVMH expressly isolates the brand.
- Country
- France
- Founded
- 1970
- Founder
- Kenzo Takada
- Creative lead
- Nigo
- Ownership
- LVMH
- Revenue scope
- Consolidated LVMH
- Documented milestones
- 5
- Kenzo Takada — Founder and Creative Director1970–1999 · house · former · LVMH
- Gilles Rosier — Creative Director1999–2003 · womenswear · former · LVMH
- Antonio Marras — Artistic Director2003–2011 · all fashion · former · Antonio Marras; Fuorisalone
- Carol Lim — Co-Creative Director2011–2019 · all fashion · former · LVMH
- Humberto Leon — Co-Creative Director2011–2019 · all fashion · former · LVMH
- Felipe Oliveira Baptista — Creative Director2019–2021 · all fashion · former · LVMH
- Nigo — Artistic Director2021–Present · house · current · LVMH
- 1970 — House foundedKenzo Takada opens his first Paris boutique.
- 1993 — LVMH acquisitionKenzo joins the LVMH group.
- 2011 — Lim and Leon appointedCarol Lim and Humberto Leon begin a joint creative tenure.
- 2019 — Baptista appointedFelipe Oliveira Baptista becomes creative director.
- 2021 — Nigo appointedNigo becomes artistic director of Kenzo.