KENZO x H&M Fashion Show in New York

At Pier 36 in New York, KENZO x H&M made its runway debut with a spectacular show directed by fashion legend Jean-Paul Goude.
Guests were invited to experience the uniquely vibrant and playful energy of the KENZO x H&M collection designed by KENZO Creative Directors, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon.
Celebrities wearing the Kenzo x H&M collection included:

Iman

Rosario Dawson

Lupita Nyongo

Elizabeth Olsen

To the rhythm of a customized remix of “Express Yourself” by Sam Spiegel, dancers, beatboxers, whistlers and musicians came together to celebrate the beauty and power of individual expression. Through a unique choreography created by KENZO collaborator, Ryan Heffington the show cast presented the KENZO x H&M collection to an audience who experienced an inferno of playfulness, bold prints and vivid colours. As the show finished the celebration continued with a performance by rapper and surprise guest Ice Cube.

Credits: Creative Director: Jean-Paul Goude
Music Director: Sam Spiegel
Choreography: Ryan Heffington

The KENZO x H&M collection will be available in over 250 H&M stores worldwide, as well as online, from November 3.

KENZO x H&M Collaboration

H&M is proud to announce that the next designer collaboration will be with KENZO, the vibrant and playful Parisian house that captures the energy of global culture to create its unique, youthful spirit.

• PHOTO: OLIVER HADLEE PEARCH

Creative Directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon will bring the spirit of KENZO to H&M, creating collections for women and men as well as accessories. KENZO x H&M will be available in over 250 selected H&M stores worldwide, as well as online, from November 3, 2016.

KENZO AW15 Womenswear Collection‏

For AW15 Collection KENZO celebrate a collective. They explore togetherness through camaraderie, ceremony and protection. Their abode is the wild, their refuge forged through their friendship with the surrounding trees and forest.

 Looks are defined by their warmth, draping and volumes.

Capes and blankets in graphic jacquards and shearlings wrap nocturnal floral printed dresses and trousers.

Tops decorated with cartridge pleats on shoulders and sides add volume whilst feathered leather layers add texture.

 Black, forest greens and sun yellows meld with prints of graphic dissected rays or labyrinths.

Delicate fabrics of georgette, fil coupe or chiffon silk juxtaposed with melton wools offer polished notions of armour.

Boucle embroidery adorns on tops and skinny pants

Camouflage prints are distorted.

 Accentuating the silhouettes are multicoloured cross body leather backpacks, suede bike bucket bags, and python platform chelsea boots or heels with webbing.

KENZO CELEBRATES CHINESE NEW YEAR AND THE YEAR OF THE GOAT AT ITS MOUNT STREET STORE

KENZO is happy to announce its in-store celebration throughout the Chinese New Year period.
Guests can write their wish for the New Year and tie it with a golden ribbon on their dedicated Wish Tree.

 Between Monday 16th February to Saturday 21st February visitors to the store will have an opportunity to win up to £20 off their next purchase if they draw a lucky red envelope.

Upon entering the store, visitors will be asked to select an envelope. Each envelope contains a discount voucher for the amount of £10 / £15 or £20.

To avail of the discount, the purchase must occur between the 16th & 21st February.

 One voucher per customer.

Address is:
KENZO London Pop-Up
 99 Mount Street
 London W1K 2TF
 020 7491 8469

KENZO Spring Summer 2015 Campaign‏

KENZO Spring Summer 2015 campaign reflects the combination of bright and futuristic inspirations from the KENZO  Women's Spring Summer 2015 Collections.

Set in a graphic and modern cityscape, the campaign conveys an optimistic utopia and also provides an element of surprise in the images. The viewer witnesses at once something instantly recognisable and familiar but upon closer reflection records an observation into the unknown.

To imagine the new KENZO world, creative directors Humberto Leon and Carol Lim once again called on the talents of Toiletpaper, a collective composed of artist Maurizio Cattelan, photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari and art director, Micol Talso.
Model: Mona Matsuoka

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KENZO announces the arrival of the next generation of Kalifornia Bags

KENZO’s street chic Parisian heritage meets laid back west coast cool in the house’s new timeless handbag, Kalifornia.

Born and raised in southern California, Humberto and Carol’s LA heritage is an integral part of the new KENZO point of view.

Distilled from their adolescence among the essential California tribes of beachcombers, bikers, and skaters, this luxe and versatile bag exudes Kenzo’s fresh attitude. Kalifornia is relaxed, yet precise, blending

KENZO’s French atelier craftsmanship with Humberto and Carol’s pacific coast nonchalance.
The soft, deconstructed design is punctuated by two “K“ zip details flanking either side of the bag that double as pockets, an ode to the ultimate biker’s perfecto.

The hardware proportions of the KENZO metal zipper pulls and 3-snap closure are oversized and immediately recognizable as Kalifornia. On the interior, the bag features multiple pockets and holding areas to store all of her most important items.

KENZO Spring/Summer 2014 film by Kahlil Joseph‏ : Dawn in Luxor

KENZO’s Spring/Summer 2014 collection is about California as a nexus of experiences,radiating from Carol Lim & Humberto Leon’s teenage years.

Kahlil Joseph, a resident of Los Angeles, is known for a string of stellar short films and music videos, among which Flying Lotus ‘until the quiet comes’ and Shabazz Palaces ‘Black Up’.
Through his lens,the world appears as fragmentary, paradoxical and beautiful visual riffs. It is a perfect companion to KENZO’s Spring/Summer 2014 collection, which encapsulates California in all its variety: soft and hard, relaxed and intense, sophisticated and casual.
In this short film, Kahlil Joseph conjures up an otherworldly Los Angeles, awash in myths and visions: a man ordering fish in a Jamaican restaurant,the regal beauty of a woman overlooking the sea, a beautiful boy paying homage to a beached dolphin. This amalgamation of images is deployed through a loose narrative driven by pure emotion.

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Video Starring: Grace Mahary ,Palaceer Lazaro, Tykee Dawkins and Chris ‘Worm’ Lewis
Music by Shabazz Palaces

Cinematography by Jason McCormick

Art direction by Partel Oliva

Styled by Mobolaji Dawodu and Annabelle Baldero Lacuna
 Produced by Onye Anyanwu & Alejandro De Leon
 Produced by Pulse Films and What Matters Most

KENZO announces the launch of a new range of watches for May 2014.

The new range of KENZO timepieces consists of 9 different series, each of which represents a different facet of the storied fashion houses energy - past, present and future.

The watches will be sold from the 4^th May on an initial launch exclusively at Opening Ceremony London, select Louis Pion retailers in France as well as KENZO stores Paris, Brussels, Milan, London and Madrid and on kenzo.com. A worldwide rollout in KENZO stores will occur as of the beginning of August.