Word: kenzo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Also known as bagettes and bicycle bags, the minis were first shown with the fall resort-wear collections in Manhattan and Paris. The mini with the most has been Paris-based Kenzo's design. Made of suede, leather or printed cotton, Kenzo's flat half-circle with a snap-down flap has sold millions in copies by Miller, Pappagallo and others. A made-in-Colombia macrame necklace pouch by Kathy McKeany ($5) is expected to be a sellout when it reaches stores across the country this week. More ornate minis include Bagatelle Creations' snakeskin square with...
...first spring and summer fashion shows in Manhattan have featured jumpsuits by other top designers in jersey, Liberty prints, slinky evening models and versions with Kabuki sleeves and toggles. Kenzo's wide-wale corduroy in slate gray has banded trouser bottoms and goes well with construction boots...
...current listing of the world's leading architects would certainly include such globally known powers as Japan's Kenzo Tange, Italy's Pier Luigi Nervi, England's James Stirling, and I.M. Pei and Philip Johnson, among some others, in the U.S. Another entry, however, would have to be Alvar Aalto of Finland, who, at 77, may well still be the most original designer building anywhere. Aalto? He is scarcely a household name in the U.S., because he has done little work in America.* But "the maestro," as he is often called in his native land, remains...
Even Paris-based Kenzo Takada, whose Chinese-inspired collection helped start fashion's current Orient Express rolling last spring, concentrated at first on supple, sensuous clothes with a low hip line. The Japanese-born Kenzo noted that his styles "had affinities with the Chinese look, so we carried on the Chinese line." Among the first U.S. designers to introduce proletarian posh was Cinnamon Wear's Britta, whose workers' drop-shouldered jackets and raincoats flopped like wet rice when they came out last year; now the firm has trouble keeping up with demand...
...first big promotional step was getting Women's Wear Daily involved in Gatsby as a fashion goal for the 1973-74 season. It is doubtful that Paramount choreographed Designer Kenzo Takada's Paris show in October 1972, but the appearance of Kenzo's V-necked, red-and-blue bordered tennis sweaters and boxy white flannel pants was deftly followed by the announcement that the film was going to be made. Women's Wear Daily promptly translated Paris' le style tennis as "the Gatsby look," and the fashion publicity fairly snowed. It was a case...