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Kenzo Takada

Kenzo Takada (28) Celebrating a fresh start

Retiring from 'Kenzo,' I bring the curtain down on 30 years and begin recharging

| Japan
Me at my final show

My broken heart would not heal. My dream, too, had vanished.

It was late June 1993. Having had my "gentleman's agreement" with LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton broken, I promptly tendered my resignation and stubbornly refused to return to the company.

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