Kazu Huggler
Kazu Huggler (* 1969 in Tokyo) is a Swiss-Japanese fashion designer and founder of the fashion label KAZU.[1]
| Kazu Huggler | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Swiss-Japanese |
| 🏫 Education | Hochschule für Gestaltung Zürich, Keio University Tokyo, London's Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Couture |
| 🌐 Website | https://kazu.swiss/en/ |
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Life and career
Origin and education
Born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a Swiss father, Kazu Huggler was raised in both Japan and Switzerland. After completing the International Baccalaureate in Zurich, she studied at Tokyo's Keio University and graduated with a degree in Japanese History of Art and Aesthetics.
Early professional career
Huggler gained her first professional experience in marketing at the Zurich silk house Fabric Frontline.[2] During this time, she decided to launch her own fashion line. She attended the Zurich School of Design, eventually going on to do a PhD in London at Central Saint Martins. During her studies, she was an intern at Vivienne Westwood.[3]
KAZU
In 2002, Kazu Huggler founded her own fashion label KAZU, which is strongly influenced by the Japanese kimono and ancient textile designs as well as traditional Japanese philosophies of dressing.[4] They are made in Switzerland, in KAZU's own atelier in Zurich.
Kazu has repeatedly showcased her artistic and her couture creations in art museums. She celebrated the 10 years anniversary of KAZU with a fashion show at the Nezu Museum in Tokyo.[5] On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the diplomatic relationship between Japan and Switzerland, she gave a talk and fashion show at the Residence of the Swiss embassy in Tokyo. Her imperial highness empress Michiko was among the guests. [6] In Zurich, she has presented her creations at the Museum Bellerive (2013),[7] the Haus Konstruktiv (2015),[8] the Museum Rietberg (2016 and 2019),[9] in the frame of the Zürcher Festspiele at the Kunsthaus Zurich (2018)[10] and, most recently, at the Museum für Gestaltung (2020/2021).
After the great earthquake in northern Japan in 2011 Huggler founded the NPO Three Cranes Association.[11] Through collaborative sewing projects with residents in Rikuzentakata, the Three Cranes Association supports and promotes local reconstruction. It also supported other projects, such as the Tohoku Grandmothers.[12]
Personal life
Kazu Huggler lives with her husband and their children in Zurich.
Weblinks
- Kazu und die Kaiserin. Blick.ch. 30. April 2019 (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-21
- Im Museum Rietberg blickt Kazu Huggler tief in den Spiegel ihrer zweiten Heimat Japan. NZZ. 24. Mai 2019 (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-21
- Kazus neue Vintage-Kimonos. NZZ. 12. September 2017 (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-21
References
- ↑ "https://www.kazu.swiss/". External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ ""Gespräche, Spaziergänge und Japan-Reisen inspirieren mich» | NZZ" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ Gabi Schwegler (2017-01-16). "Kazu Huggler designt von Frau zu Frau: «Ewig Schönes gibt es nicht"".
- ↑ "Mode Suisse 2013 – Kazu Huggler" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "Kazu Huggler 10th Anniversary Couture Collection – Nezu Museum Tokyo | Tokyo Telephone – Your Direct Line to Real Japanese Fashion".
- ↑ Katja Richard (2019-04-29). "Schweizer Designerin Kazu Huggler und die Kaiserin".
- ↑ "Kazu – Japanese Fashion & European Couture at Museum Bellerive". NewinZurich – Your Guide to Living in Zurich. 2013-10-18.
- ↑ "Präsentation – Feeling Fashion – von Kazu Huggler" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "Meisterhafte Schnitttechniken » Boleromagazin".
- ↑ www textilrevue ch textilrevue. "Kazu Huggler am Seidensymposium im Kunsthaus Zürich" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "DIE BLUMEN DES WIEDERAUFBAUS". Ladies Drive (in Deutsch). 2013-12-03.
- ↑ "BERNINA und Kazu Huggler setzen Engagement in Japan fort" (in Deutsch).
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