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Design Museum to host Nigo retrospective as part of 2026 programme

London’s Design Museum will host the first-ever museum retrospective and exhibition outside of Japan dedicated to Japanese designer Tomoaki Nagao, better known as Nigo, as part of its 2026 line-up of exhibitions. The ‘Nigo: From Japan with Love’ exhibition will run from May 1 to October 4, 2026, and will chart the designer’s career from the...

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Minor Figures teams up with Human Made to create a limited-edition collection

Human Made, the lifestyle brand from Japanese designer, DJ, and entrepreneur Nigo, has parted with internationally known plant-based milk alternative label Minor Figures to create a limited-edition, collaborative capsule collection. Marking the first-ever brand collaboration from Minor Figures, the partnership is the result of an “organic and...

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Streetwear designer Nigo appointed creative director of Japan's FamilyMart

Japanese designer Tomoaki Nagao, better known as Nigo, has been appointed creative director of the retail chain FamilyMart. Nigo, who is also currently the creative director of Kenzo, owned by the French luxury conglomerate LVMH, will collaborate with the Japanese convenience store operator in various capacities, FamilyMart announced on...

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Does LVMH have a Kenzo problem?

A day after Kenzo showcased its Spring/Summer 2025 collection during Paris Men's Fashion Week, fashion industry insiders' inboxes were inundated with newsletters questioning the future of the LVMH-owned brand, particularly under the current creative direction of Nigo. Kenzo, for those unfamiliar with the brand's heritage, flourished in the 1980s...

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Nigo to drop his second Kenzo collection in limited-edition capsule

Following his much anticipated Kenzo debut, Japanese designer Nigo has unveiled his upcoming second drop for the brand as one of a series of limited-edition capsule collections. For the SS22 season, the genderless lines pay homage to Kenzo Takada, the founder of the fashion house, with each drop in the series tied to elements key to the legacy...

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Nigo unveils debut collection for Kenzo

Kenzo has started a new chapter, with Japanese fashion designer Nigo, best known as the founder of A Bathing Ape, unveiling his debut collection for the fashion house for autumn/winter 2022 during men’s fashion week in Paris. Nigo, who was named artistic director for LVMH-owned Kenzo in September succeeding Felipe Oliveira Baptista, is the first...

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Kenzo names Nigo as its new artistic director

LVMH-owned luxury label Kenzo has named Japanese fashion designer Nigo as its new artistic director. Nigo, best known as the founder of streetwear brand A Bathing Ape, will join Kenzo on September 20 and is expected to unveil his debut collection in 2022. Sidney Toledano, chairman and chief executive of the LVMH Fashion Group, said in a...

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Louis Vuitton opens temporary SoHo residency

Louis Vuitton's collaboration between their menswear artistic director Virgil Abloh and Bape and Human Made Founder Nigo, called LV2, has made its way to New York's SoHo neighborhood. The collection has taken up a temporary residency at Louis Vuitton's location at 116 Greene Street and will remain there through mid-October. Products available...

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KFC collaborates with Nigo on streetwear collection

KFC, the fried chicken fast-food chain, has collaborated with Japanese designer Nigo on a streetwear collection that it is finger lickin’ good. Nigo, using KFC's Colonel Sanders as his muse, has teamed up with global creative studio Hypemaker to create the Human Made x KFC capsule collection, featuring a shop jacket, hoodie, hat, and T-shirt...