LVMH on Tuesday announced the appointment of
Humberto Leon and
Carol Lim as artistic directors of the ready-to-wear label
Kenzo with immediate effect.
They replace Sardinian designer
Antonio Marras, who has held the post for eight years and who shows his own name label in Milan,
“After eight successful years, LVMH and Antonio Marras have decided to end their collaboration,” LVMH said in a statement, without giving details.
“Humberto Leon and Carol Lim will bring to Kenzo the freshness of their creative talent to give a new boost to this emblematic house.
I am sure they will succeed in positioning the brand on the road to an ambitious development,” Pierre-Yves Roussel, chief executive of the fashion division of LVMH, said.
The appointments follow the arrival in January of a new chief executive, Eric Marechalle, at the helm of Kenzo.
As anticipation of Kanye West’s clothing line grows, more details have began surfacing from an insider source. The word is Kanye is working with several big players in the fashion industry such as British designers Katie Eary,
Louise Goldin and Dean Quinn. And it’s being pieced together in London
by graduates from the world renowned Central Saint Martins fashion
college. The womenswear collection was characterized as Samurai themed
high-end sportswear with baseball, biker and hoodie silhouettes among
the many influences. Mr. West was described as very hands on, and said
to have spent tons of money on new pieces from Balenciaga and Azzedine
Alaia for inspiration.
