Kenzo silver jewellery range

• The silver jewellery range, ‘Collection Argent’, draws inspiration from Japanese culture and nature – inviting you to travel and to dream. It seeks to convey freedom, joy, generosity and a zen spirit.

Takada Kenzo was born in 1939 in Himeiji City. He was one of seven children and developed his interest in fashion by reading his sisters’ magazines. Despite his parents’ disapproval in his career choice, he quit Kobe University in order to try to become one of the first male students of Tokyo’s Bunka Fashion College.

In 1964 he moved to Paris – a move funded by the compensation given to him when his home in Tokyo was razed to make way for a new Olympic stadium! From starting at the very bottom of the fashion career ladder, he eventually opened his first Boutique ‘Jungle Jap’ in 1970. His first work drew heavily on traditional Japanese styles but his ‘big silhouette’ designs caught the eye of the fashion industry and he became a major trendsetter for young fashion.

He was one of the first designers to fuse oriental with occidental. In his jewellery, as with his clothing, his designs mix ethnicity, colour, nature, travel and mixed cultures, with freedom, generosity and creation being important themes.

• Kenzo jewellery is made from sterling silver plated with rhodium.
• Its design is inspired by aspects of Japanese culture and tradition combined with Western design ideas.
• The unique fusion of inspirations from across continents results in a truly individual style. The clean lines and exquisite, beautiful detail of Japanese design gives Kenzo jewellery an elegant yet exotic quality, while Western influences give these pieces a modern, up-to-date flair.

Kenzo’s designer jewellery collections are full of romance and stories.

• Jewellery collections such as ‘Memories of a Voyage to Seville’ capture the heat and flamboyance of hot Spanish days, the delicate embossing on the silver seeking to replicate the fringe of a Mantilla shawl; while the Koi collection is inspired by the fish that is a Japanese symbol of good fortune.
• One of his most popular silver jewellery collections is Fleur Rouge – the red poppy that inspires his ‘Flower’ perfume just as much as his jewellery, an enameled poppy elegantly decorating pendants, earrings, a ring and a bracelet.

Return to Kenzo's jewellery collection here.