Kazu Huggler

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Kazu Huggler (* 1970 in Tokyo ) is a Swiss - Japanese fashion designer and founder of the fashion label KAZU.

biography

Born in Tokyo as the daughter of a Japanese woman and a Swiss man , Kazu Huggler got to know the cultures of both countries as a child. After completing her federal Matura in Zurich , she studied Japanese art history and aesthetics at Keio University in Tokyo.

Huggler gained his first professional experience in marketing at the Zurich silk house Fabric Frontline. During this time she decided to launch her own clothing line. She attended the Zurich University of Design and finally did her doctorate in London at Central Saint Martins . During her studies she was an intern at Vivienne Westwood .

The fashion label KAZU, founded in 2003, is heavily influenced by historical Japanese textile design and the nature of traditional Japanese clothing . They are manufactured exclusively in Switzerland , in KAZU's in-house studio in Zurich.

Kazu Huggler presents her couture creations in art museums . She celebrated the 10th anniversary of her label with a fashion show in the Nezu Museum in Tokyo. To mark the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Switzerland, a fashion talk and a fashion show took place in the residence of the Swiss ambassador in Tokyo . The Imperial Highness Empress Michiko was among the guests. In Zurich, Kazu Huggler's creations were presented in the Museum Bellerive (2013), Haus Konstruktiv (2015), Museum Rietberg (2016) and as part of the Zurich Festival in the Kunsthaus Zürich (2018)

After the great earthquake in northern Japan in 2011 , Huggler founded the NPO Three Cranes Association. The Three Cranes Association supports and promotes local reconstruction through joint sewing projects with residents in Rikuzentakata .

Kazu Huggler lives in Zurich with her husband and children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.kazu.swiss/. Retrieved April 30, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ commuter between East and West. November 9, 2014, accessed April 30, 2020 .
  3. ↑ «Conversations, walks and trips to Japan inspire me» | NZZ. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Gabi Schwegler: Kazu Huggler designs from woman to woman: “There is no such thing as eternally beautiful”. January 16, 2017, accessed April 30, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Mode Suisse 2013 - Kazu Huggler. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Kazu Huggler 10th Anniversary Couture Collection - Nezu Museum Tokyo | Tokyo Telephone - Your Direct Line to Real Japanese Fashion. Retrieved April 30, 2020 (American English).
  7. ↑ THE SUN GODDESS. In: Kati's World. May 30, 2019, accessed on April 30, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  8. ↑ Katja Richard: Swiss designer Kazu Huggler and the Empress. April 29, 2019, accessed April 30, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Kazu - Japanese Fashion & European Couture at Museum Bellerive. In: NewinZurich - Your Guide To Living in Zurich. October 18, 2013, accessed April 30, 2020 (Canadian English).
  10. ↑ Presentation - Feeling Fashion - by Kazu Huggler. Retrieved April 30, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  11. ↑ Masterful cutting techniques »Boleromagazin. Retrieved April 30, 2020 (American English).
  12. ↑ www textilrevue ch textilrevue: Kazu Huggler at the silk symposium in the Kunsthaus Zürich. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  13. ↑ THE FLOWERS OF RECONSTRUCTION. In: Ladies Drive. December 3, 2013, accessed on April 30, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
personal data
SURNAME Huggler, Kazu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-Japanese fashion designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo