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Kenzo Brings Its Founder’s Paris Home Into Galeries Lafayette’s Windows

Kenzo interprets the entrance of its founder’s home for Galeries Lafayette, September 3–October 14.

Published: Sep 4, 2026 8:18 PM

By Alyssa Jade Mann

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Kenzo Brings Its Founder’s Paris Home Into Galeries Lafayette’s Windows

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KENZO is translating founder Kenzo Takada’s former home into a department-store window at Galeries Lafayette Haussmann. Running from September 3 to October 14, the Paris installation gives the brand’s latest collection a setting drawn from its own history, while introducing that identity to a multibrand shopping audience.

The display is part of La Maison des Créateurs, a project that asks participating fashion houses to interpret a room in an imagined home. Kenzo has chosen the entrance, drawing on the residence Takada conceived as an urban oasis.

A Founder’s World Becomes a Merchandising Tool Kenzo says the scenography revisits the entryway’s atmosphere and distinctive codes. The current collection, under Artistic Director Nigo, sits within that environment.

The display therefore connects two parts of the brand story: the founder’s personal world and the products customers can discover today. For a fashion house, that is a practical use of heritage. Instead of requiring customers to know the archive before they encounter the clothes, the window supplies a visual introduction.

Its role is to make the collection legible within the limited time a passerby gives a storefront. What the Retail Partner Contributes The shared home concept also gives Galeries Lafayette a framework for presenting different labels without making every window look alike…

KENZO Mode: department-store visual merchandising — source image 2

KENZO Mode: department-store visual merchandising — source image 3

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