Kenzo founder Kenzo Takada dies from Covid-19: Spokesman

French-Japanese designer Kenzo Takada. Credit: AFP file photo

Fashion designer Kenzo Takada, the founder of the global Kenzo brand, died in Paris on Sunday after contracting Covid-19, his spokesman said.

Takada, the first Japanese designer to gain prominence in the highly-competitive Paris fashion scene, died in the American Hospital of Paris, the spokesman said in a statement.