Kenzo Introduced the Bee as Its Spring Emblem and Created Buzz Worthy New Shoes
There was a real buzz about the Kenzo show today in Paris and it wasn’t just the bees flitting amongst the wild flowers that populated the bucolic Paris setting. Like many designers in this time of pandemic creative director Felipe Oliveira Baptista was thinking protection — of people and planet alike. He took these bees as his emblem for spring 2021, dubbing them “the regulators of the planet.” Kenzo spring 2021 CREDIT: Kenzo “Now, more than ever we are overwhelmed by a sense of urgency to take care and protect our world,” he said in his show notes. “Bees and beekeepers with their clothing and hats that echo so strongly the fragility and distance imposed and needed today.” Baptista riffed off the idea with exaggerated beekeeper veils and archival Kenzo poppies and hortensia prints given a “digital crying effect.” “I wanted to express anxiety and sadness but also something very optimistic and uplifting,” he said. Kenzo spring 2021 CREDIT: Kenzo “It is time to look at