CURTAIN RAISER: Paris-based specialty embroiderer Atelier Montex has worked with French contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan at the behest of Chanel to create the backdrop for the formal naming ceremony of actor Maholo Terajima, the first French-Japanese kabuki performer.
The 10-year-old actor, who started his career aged 4, will take the stage name of Onoe Maholo I on Tuesday, when he makes his debut in a play titled “Oto Kiku Maholo…