Kenzo is going surfing in the Arctic Ocean

Kenzo closed Paris Men’s Fashion Week with Fall-Winter 2017 looks for both sexes. Kenzo Creative Directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon imagined a Fall-Winter 2017 collection “for people who experience as raw an environment as it gets and hope for it to continue forever.” In reaction to climate change, the KENZO team explores an utopic metaphor: … Read more

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Dare to dance like Margaret Qualley for KENZO World fragrance by Spike Jones

The stylized eye is an invitation to experience the new Kenzo World fragrance, a world to be explored right from the name printed in Braille on top of the box. Dare to dance like Margaret Qualley and open your senses with the new fragrance KENZO World.

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Introduced for the 2013 fall-winter collection, the eye motif has become a symbol of the Japanese brand Kenzo, now transposed into the cinematic codes by The Being John Malkovich director Spike Jones. Spike Jones has shot “KENZO World – The new fragrance“, the perfume advert for Kenzo described as one “the most engaging ads we have had this year.”

Kenzo World is the first feminine olfactory creation conceived by Kenzo creative directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, and signed by famous perfumer Francis Kurkdjian. The bursting energy of the two designers’ fashion vision infuses a dynamic and intoxicating scent while Francis Kurkdjian came with a bold mixing of materials and styles to explore new directions. Designed by Patrick Li, the bottle features black rubber, pink gold and opaline, recalling the mix-and-match of colors and materials that inspire the designers and their collections.

“We loved the interpretation of the eye really informing your world,” says Carol Lim.

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The flowery trail of Kenzo World is a surge of energetic scents that unfold in floral bursts, with notes of peony, Egyptian jasmine and Ambroxan, a fairy note that gives the fragrance voluptuous sensuality.

According to Kenzo, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have created this feminine fragrance for a Kenzo woman who is free, strong and bold, and whose boundless energy is translated in the ad spot. Mixing choreography and performance, the clip follows actress Margaret
Qualley (known for The Nice Guys (2016), The Leftovers (2014) and Palo Alto (2013) on a frenetic and elegant escapade set to a soundtrack with a captivating tempo, showing off the masterful acting talents of the former dancer.

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Kenzo debuts Jungle Book inspired limited edition collection

Rumble in the jungle. Carol Lim and Humberto Leon imagined KENZO x Disney Collection

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To celebrate the worldwide release of Walt Disney Pictures’ live-action adventure “The Jungle Book” this April, French luxury house Kenzo designed a limited edition collection inspired by the story’s classic characters.

The collection of ready-to-wear is available exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman in the United States. In support of the launch, Bergdorf Goodman will also reveal two windows on April 5 inspired by the upcoming live action movie that debuts in U.S. theaters on April 15, 2016.

KENZO Creative Directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon delved deep into the Disney archives to source some of the original drawings from the classic animated movie, “The Jungle Book“. Once they discovered these fantastically joyful sketches, the prints swiftly followed and Mowgli, Bagheera the panther, King Louie the orangutan, Hathi the elephant, Baloo the bear and Akela the wolf suddenly came back to life in two abundant and richly colorful jungle scenarios.

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“What we found most appealing for this project was to marry strong Jungle Book elements with details that we know as quintessential KENZO. There’s a way that everything comes together that is slightly familiar but also really fresh and exciting,” explained Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, Kenzo’s Creative Duo.

“The silhouettes we chose for the garments and accessories were inspired by the new direction Disney has taken with the live-action movie. There is a slight nod to jungle / safari elements (and even beautiful printed silk shorts directly inspired by Mowgli’s costume). Everything has been executed in a way that feels elevated and modern, which has been the collective goal of Disney and KENZO from the very beginning of this
collaboration,” added Kenzo’s creative team.

The prints are featured on a women’s collection of silk and cotton summer shirts, dresses, jackets and tops and on the men’s collection which features light jackets, trousers, shorts and Hawaiian shirts. The collection draws inspiration from the French house’s historic first store founded in 1970 by Kenzo Takada.

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