Sitting Pretty
Kenzo Maison Home Line Combines Minimalism,
Flowery Exoticism
Story by Debra Kronowitz
When Japanese fashion designer Kenzo
Takada announced his retirement in 1999, he left his assistants at LVMH
in charge of his fashion house. In 2005, after a brief retirement,
Takada re-emerged as a decoration designer, presenting Gokan Kobo,
a brand of tableware, home objects and furniture.
In launching the new venture, LMVH created partnerships with established
manufacturers that could handle the production of the new lines and
collections. The company chose luxury furniture manufacturer Club House
Italia, which has been producing lines for Fendi Casa, as the exclusive
distributor of its Kenzo Maison
furniture.
The Kenzo Maison
collection is the mainstay of the label
and allows Kenzo to establish the umbrella brand, bringing the fashion
brand’s trademark style into the world of décor with prints from the
fashion lines, as well as emblematic forms such as the Pagodon
bag, interpreted as a curious footstool. Further, the line brings
together the extremes of Japanese-style minimalism with flowery
exoticism. The result: streamlined, geometric, angular and monochrome
shapes enriched by precious materials. The line includes sofas, tables,
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Photos courtesy of Kenzo Masion |
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Kenzo Maison, 90 NE 39th St.,
305.438.1660 |
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