KENZO TAKADA - RENEGADES OF FASHION - VALE RIP
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It was a sad world that heard the passing of Mr Kenzo Takada this October 2020. We dedicate this film to the icon that was Kenzo. The world is slightly less colourful without him in it. Paul G Roberts
At a time when Parisian fashion was relegated to the elite, Japanese import Kenzo Takada stirred the established code of couture by cheekily breaking the rules and ushering in the notion that design need not take itself so seriously in order to be enjoyed. With his keen eye for bold and vivacious colours, eclectic and multi-cultural patterns; and a flair for the theatrical that turned every collection into an eagerly awaited extravaganza, Takada injected fashion with a sense of joyous wonder that echoes through to designers of the modern era.
Born in 1939 in a small village within the city of Himeji, Takada was the fifth of seven children in his family. His childhood was complicated and with good reason: he suffered from dyslexia at an early age, and oral expression remains a challenge for him until this day. “I feel as if I don’t know how to speak, Takada has said - and yet Takada is a man who has amplified the means of expressing oneself through fashion.
Takada’s love for couture developed as a child when he would regularly read his sister’s magazines. As a young man, he followed the wishes of his parents by attending the University of Kobe to study literature - only to disappoint them by dropping out and enrolling in Tokyo’s Bunka Fashion College, becoming the first male student to ever be admitted.
“University … was not my thing,” he recalled years later, although the same could be said of his early experiences at Bunka College. He hated his first year of design, feeling woefully under qualified: “When I entered the school of design in Tokyo, I felt I was beneath everything! I wasn’t at that level. I couldn’t understand everything.”
But he persevered and after graduating, worked for a department store in Tokyo and later for a magazine. But Takada had higher aspirations, and in 1965 he followed the advice of his old college lecturer, traveling to Paris by boat with the desire to become a fashion designer and discover a world outside the strict confines of Japan.
It was a bold gambit: Takada knew no one in the country, spoke limited French, and was essentially without a dollar to his name; he was forced to call upon his mother for support several times before she eventually cut him off. Early life in Paris, certainly, was far from the waking dream he had envisioned in Japan. He sustained himself by working as a freelance designer, sketching images and creating his own pieces.
His destitution in unfamiliar surroundings proved to be a blessing in disguise. The only fabrics he could afford in those early days came from flea sales, and so the burgeoning designer was forced to mix a multitude of bold materials, combining scraps he found in Paris with those he had preserved from Japan to form singular garments. It was an inspired combination of artistic dexterity and multi-cultural aesthetic that would come to define the Kenzo label.
His Japanese influences, so prominent in his designs, came primarily from memories of his mother: “I was fascinated by mother. She was omnipresent, and incredibly elegant in the kimonos she wore so well.” There were two types of kimonos in Japan during the early seventies: simple and very strict, or magical and colourful. Takada chose to exploit the latter in his designs, fusing the foundations of the kimono with traditional Western tailoring to create pieces truly unique in their inspiration.
But the true spirit of the Kenzo label lay in the man himself, and the bubbling sense of joy and enthusiasm he held for the world around him.
ORIGINAL SERIES CREATED BY - PAUL G ROBERTS
ORIGINAL STORY - CHARLIE O'BRIEN
SCREENPLAY ADAPTED BY - JESS BREGENHOJ
NARRATED BY - ANNALISA ASTARTITA
EDITED BY - QINGQING GUO
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amazing how all the renegades all seem to say the same thing: come back, come back to humanity always
What a beautiful film
@Fashionindustrybroadcast
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Dont forget to subscribe
Kenzo rest in peace, I am thankful for the few pieces I have of yours.
RIP..“A Sense of Joyous Wonder”
fave designer of all time.
@Fashionindustrybroadcast
Ай бұрын
HE is one of the greatest Japanese designers.
OHHHHH R.I.P.
A fabulous Designer
The documentary was so inspiring and very accurate......huge respect to the designer ♥️
Kenzo Takada is always smile each time and I guess he got bright character. I'm glad to see Sayoko Yamaguchi is mentioned as his muse. There were lots exciting people with Kenzo on the pictures around this era, God of fashion Karl Lagerfeld, beautiful actress Isabelle Adjani, another talented designer Issay Miyake.... I wish I could witness the exciting creative time.
Great designer!! R.I.P😔
Beautiful Designs RIP maestro 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏🙏💔💔💔
@Fashionindustrybroadcast
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
I´ve always loved Kenzo, I´ve read a lot about him and I can say this is one of the best documentaries I´ve ever seen. You've done an excellent job with it. Thank you for sharing.
@Fashionindustrybroadcast
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Guilermo have you watch the ones on Yohji and Rei Kawakubo ? I think you will love them too.
@CuirPhotodotNet
2 жыл бұрын
@@Fashionindustrybroadcast ....i wish i had some idea....that i would be so triggered and nostalgic...i would have watched this when i was more prepared....well....HE....made PARIS...and the world of HAUTE COUTURE....more DEMOCRATIC and MODERN...and certainly more COLORFUL...i know YSL...was a bit envious of him...LOU LOU....would wear KENZO'S clothes while working with YSL..and he would rip them off her and examine them...and would smile and sneer...I CAN DO THIS TOO...and he would slyly incorporate them in his RIVE GAUCHE work...of course KENZO'S perfumes and colognes are staples in the black community..and he gave a lot of exposure to black models and he made them look vibrant and dynamic....IMAN...which i saw in this video...PAT CLEVELAND who i saw in this video...KATOUCHA...YSL'S house model..who i did not know worked with KENZO...and GRACE JONES...in this video i was very moved to see PATRICIA VELASQUEZ...she is the STUNNING woman who played ANOCK SUNAMUN...in the MUMMY movie franchise starring BRENDAN FRAZER...i knew she modeled for a good while in the GAY 90s...and i loved that she was openly lesbian and in a relationship with actress SANDRA BERNHARD...she got the MUMMY role at the absolute last minute and her and the man who played the priest IMMOTEP...were so beautiful together...and there was such subtext to their work in the movie...i have some scarves by KENZO...and i love looking at them ...they are beautiful...HE really did have such ENERGY and SPIRIT to everything he did...and he is a big part of my teen years discovering the world of haute couture and the elevation of disco and dance culture and the world of haute couture is a bit staid...and rigid...now that he is gone...RIP KENZO...
Rest in peace Kenzo-san
Kenzo's fashion acumen is irreplaceable by far...
Quelle classe...( soupir)
RIP 😔
Ah this is so beautiful ❤️
I still love he`s Home line but it`s so extrem expensive, would love to get one of he`s sofa`s
RIP
Awesome 😎
@Fashionindustrybroadcast
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
What is that intro song ??
I really need to know the song from the intro its stuck in my head
@paulroberts9204
2 жыл бұрын
Voodoo child
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2 жыл бұрын
@@paulroberts9204 what..?
@paulroberts9204
2 жыл бұрын
@@user-eg8yc8ew2b that wasn’t it
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2 жыл бұрын
@@paulroberts9204 paul are you okay?
PLEASE FIX YOUR AUDIO MIXES. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The effort spent on these videos is negated by the horrible audio mixes. Stop destroying your hard work.
When doing such cultural diverse collections, was there anyone feeling misrepresented? how did he not get labeled for cultural appropriation? Just curious.
@MTMF.london
3 жыл бұрын
Give me a break. All fashion is influenced by all cultures - same with all other fields of art, high or low.
@AntelJM
2 жыл бұрын
It wouldn’t have crossed anyone’s mind in the 80’s or 90’s that there was anything wrong with a designer being inspired to create through celebrating other cultures, it simply was not a thing.
@redfulla1494
Ай бұрын
There is a good word for you to learn maybe, it's called "syncretism". Syncretism doesn't attempt to redefine cultures or influences, nor pretend that it has created something new; it doesn't misrepresent or muddy the perception of the parent culture that it is drawn from. It also doesn't coopt designs/ art/ culture (etc.) for financial benefit in a way that undermines the parent cultures ability to monetize it themselves. Cultural appropriation is indeed an important concern, it's great that people talk about it. However, I feel like people quickly become lost in that conversation, without awareness of concepts like syncretism. It would be good to hear "syncretism" in peoples vocabulary too, as it helps to define what the truely problematic elements of cultural appropriation are, and how to avoid them. the reason why Kenzo, was never labeled as cultural appropriation, is because it's not. It's syncretism. The meeting of two distinct cultures in an equal and transparent exchange of ideas. for further clarification on deliniating the difference between these ideas, it is good remember the true definition of the word "appropriation". Coming to understand the meaning of this word outside the context of culture and art, will glean a deeper insight into what is and isn't appropriation in practice.
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RIP