<p class="bodytext">Fashion designer Kenzo Takada, the founder of the global Kenzo brand, died in Paris on Sunday after contracting Covid-19, his spokesman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">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.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Fashion designer Kenzo Takada, the founder of the global Kenzo brand, died in Paris on Sunday after contracting Covid-19, his spokesman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">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.</p>