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Japanese-French fashion designer

Kenzō Takada (高田 賢三, Takada Kenzō, [takada&#;kenꜜzoː]; 27 February &#;– 4 October ) was a Japanese–French fashion designer living in France.

He founded Kenzo, a worldwide clothing brand, that also markets skin care and perfumes, Takada was the honorary president of the Asian Couture Federation.

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Early life

Takada was born on 27 February in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture. He was one of seven children of Kenji and Shizu Takada,^[1][2] who ran a hotel.^[3] His love for fashion developed at an early age, particularly through reading his sisters' magazines.^[4] In ,^[5] he briefly attended Kobe City University of Foreign Studies.

However, after his father died during Takada's first year at university,^[6] he withdrew from the program against his family's wishes.^[4] In , he enrolled at Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College, which had then just opened its doors to male students.