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Kenzo Takada remembered for style that meant 'freedom for the woman’s body'

Critics and models voice heartbreak over death of Japanese designer who was ahead of his time when it came to women’s fashion
Kenzo Takada is congratulated by models after his Spring/Summer 2000 ready-to-wear fashion show in Paris, France. The Japanese designer has died from Covid complications. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters

The fashion world has paid tribute to the Japanese designer Kenzo Takada, who has died aged 81 after contracting Covid-19 in France, describing him as a man of “energy, kindness and talent” whose international outlook and attitude towards women’s clothes were ahead of their time.

Models and designers took to social media to pay tributes to Takada, who was

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