Story & heritage

KENZO was founded on the printed jungle — Kenzo Takada moved from Japan to Paris in 1964 and opened his 'Jungle Jap' boutique at the Galerie Vivienne in 1970, decorated with jungle-inspired interiors and stocked with the floral and botanical prints that became the house's first signature. The brand became simply KENZO after a 1976 New York show.

This camp-collar summer shirt is the modern descendant of that founding spirit: a 'Hawaiian' shirt whose tiger — the house's other heritage emblem — is woven into the fabric itself as a tonal jacquard rather than printed, so the stripes emerge as texture across the cloth.

Materials & craft

The shirt is cut from cotton jacquard, a fabric woven so the tiger-stripe pattern is raised into the weave itself rather than applied on top — giving an all-over tonal, textured surface that reveals the motif as it catches the light. The relaxed camp (Cuban) collar, boxy body and short sleeves make it a true vacation shirt, finished with the KENZO Paris tab.

How to choose & style

Because the tiger is tonal rather than loud, the white version reads as a textured resort shirt — worn open over a tee or buttoned with tailored shorts or trousers. It is the house's most subtle nod to its jungle origins, the pattern carried quietly in the cloth, and it leans fully into summer and warm-weather dressing.