KENZO Spring Summer 2027 returns to Place des Victoires, the Paris square where Kenzo Takada opened his flagship boutique in 1976. Nigo uses the location as a point of memory and direction, building the collection around the house’s past, Parisian codes, and his own sharp eye for construction. Our photographer Sohom Das captures exclusive moments and details for DSCENE Magazine.
BACKSTAGE
The collection moves through sportswear, romance, tailoring, and archive references. Images of Kenzo Takada and 1970s figures such as Miles Davis inform pointed collars, layered silhouettes, and dandy tailoring. Ivy League codes appear through varsity jackets, rugby shirts, collegiate ribbons, and house insignia. Nigo shifts familiar pieces into new forms, turning a knitted rugby shirt into a floor-length gown and placing sequined varsity details across jackets and footwear.
Ribbons give the season its most romantic note. Nigo looks to the haberdashery shops around Place des Victoires and Takada’s own ribbon collection. Custom ribbons cover jackets and skirts, trim collars and cuffs, form bows, and shape sashes. One dress uses multicolored knitted bands, hand sewn into strips and stripes.
Bonsai motifs, drawn from one of Takada’s poems, appear as prints and embroideries. Florals move from delicate archive recreations to blurred painterly patterns, while other prints use an original 1976 illustration of Kenzo’s opening party.
Japanese denim appears through tailoring and ribbon details, joined by velour denim, houndstooth, fil coupé florals, textured knitwear, organza, babydoll dresses, workwear shapes, and striped cummerbunds.
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Accessories include the Victoire bag, new Kite colorways, printed pillow bags, silk scarves, Converse collaborations, Paraboot’s Michael shoe, and bow-trimmed ballet hybrids.
