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Veteran Japanese streetwear designer Nigo, who founded A Bathing Ape in 1993 and partnered with Pharrell Williams in 2005 to launch the Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream brands, has been appointed as Kenzo<\/a>\u2019s new Artistic Director.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The appointment, which commences on 20 September 2021, follows the June departure of Portuguese designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista, after just two years at Kenzo\u2019s design helm.<\/p>\n

Kenzo Takada, who launched Kenzo in 1970, passed away in Paris in October 2020 from COVID-19 complications.<\/p>\n

The appointment announcement was made by Sidney Toledano, Chairman and CEO of the LVMH Fashion Group.<\/p>\n

Toledano said: \u201cThe arrival of an extremely talented Japanese designer will allow us to write a new page in the history of the house that Kenzo founded.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nigo added: \u201cI am proud to have been appointed Artistic Director of Kenzo. I was born in the year that Takada Kenzo san opened his first store in Paris. We both graduated from the same fashion school in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1993, the year that Kenzo joined the LVMH Group, I started my career in fashion. Kenzo san\u2019s approach to creating originality was through his understanding of many different cultures. It is also the essence of my own philosophy of creativity.<\/strong> Inheriting the spirit of Kenzo san\u2019s craftsmanship to create a new Kenzo is the greatest challenge of my 30-year career.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 50 year-old designer, who also launched the Human Made brand in 2010, was born Tomoaki Nagao but chooses to use just one name, much like Kenzo\u2019s founder.<\/p>\n

It will be the first time a Japanese designer has taken the reigns of the Paris-based brand since Kenzo Takada resigned in 1999.<\/p>\n

A Bathing Ape was sold to Hong Kong fashion conglomerate I.T Group in 2011 for approximately $2.8m, and Nigo left the brand in 2013. In 2014, he became the creative director of Uniqlo's UT brand.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Nigo produced a very well received capsule collection with Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton.<\/p>\n

Throughout his career, he has also been an established DJ and record producer, including as the DJ of Japanese hip hop group Teriyaki Boyz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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