This month, the savage yet beautiful world of Disney’s The Jungle Book roars its way onto the big screen and into Kenzo’s new limited-edition collection.

&ldquo;Many strange legends are told of these jungles of India, but none so strange as the story of a small boy named Mowgli.&rdquo; Uttered by the avuncular, reassuring and trustworthy panther Bagheera, this intriguing line was the curtain-raiser for Disney&rsquo;s 1967 animated feature&nbsp;The Jungle Book.

Based on a collection of short stories by English author and journalist Rudyard Kipling that were published between 1893 and 1894, the film tells the tale of a feral human boy, lost as a baby in the Indian jungle and raised by wolves. There, he encounters a host of beasts, including jovial and blithe bear Baloo; guileful and sinister python Kaa; ferocious and ravenous tiger Shere Khan; and a host of eccentric primates, regimented elephants and vultures with mop-tops.

With such a lush setting of colourful characters, it comes as no surprise that Disney has chosen to reinvigorate this wild classic this April, blending live-action seamlessly with photorealistic CGI characters and environments. Even wilder is Kenzo&rsquo;s limited-edition collection of men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s ready-to-wear pieces based on this new film. Also released this month, the line &ndash; featuring silk and cotton summer shirts, dresses, jackets, tops, trousers, shorts and Hawaiian shirts &ndash; marks Kenzo&rsquo;s first collaboration with Disney.

&ldquo;What we found most appealing for this project was to marry strong&nbsp;Jungle Book&nbsp;elements with details that we know as quintessential Kenzo,&rdquo; say Kenzo creative directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon. &ldquo;The silhouettes we chose for the garments and accessories were inspired by the new direction Disney has taken with the live-action movie. There is a slight nod to jungle/safari elements, and even beautiful printed silk shorts directly inspired by Mowgli&rsquo;s costume.&rdquo;

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