She treads a careful line, balancing Eastern influences with Western ideals to produce consistently successful couture and ready-to-wear lines with international customers. What I have been trying to do is to express the wonderful beauty of Japan using international language.Ī delicate sense of feminine beauty, stemming from Hanae Mori's Japanese heritage, is married to an artistic use of color and fabric in all her work. I am Japanese, in Japan there is this beauty by itself which has been nurtured by tradition -fashion is an international language. I am true to my identity I keep trying to be myself. I have been in pursuit of that all through my life.
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I would like to express that great sense of existence in clothing. The history of the world is the story of men and women -how men relate to women and how they live. Expression changes with the times but the essence does not change. I design primarily to enhance our lifestyle and make it richer and more enjoyable. "Hanae Mori Style," available online at the Japan Page, 23 August 2001.* Young, Clara, "Hanae Mori," available online at Fashion Live, 19 March 2001. Weil, Jennifer, "Saujet's Entrepreneurial Odyssey," in WWD, 19 January 2001. Reitman, Valerie, "Daughter-in-law of Founder Slowly Inserts a Youthful Look into the Line," in the Los Angeles Times. , "A New Spirit Takes Wing with Madame Butterfly," in the International Herald Tribune. Menkes, Suzy, "For Hanae Mori, a 20th Birthday," in the International Herald Tribune, 15 July 1997. "Kei Mori, Chief of Hanae Mori, Dead at 84," in WWD, 22 October 1996. Menkes, Suzy, "Hanae Mori: Fashion that Fuses the East and West," in the International Herald Tribune, June 1989.īumiller, Elizabeth, "Japan's Madame Couturier," in the Washington Post, February 1990.ĭavy, Philippe, "Un souffle nouveau," in L'Officiel, February 1990.ĭavidson, Monique, "Univers Hanae Mori: Un Empire au Soleil Levant," in Joyce, March/April 1991. Lalanne, Dorothee, "Hanae Mori Premi ére!," in Vogue (Paris), March 1989.īeurdeley, Laurence, "Hanae Mori," in L'Officiel (Paris), June 1989.
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Hanae Mori Style: Highlights from a Lifetime in Fashion, Tokyo, 2001. Website: Publicationsįashion -A Butterfly Crosses the Border, Tokyo, 1993.
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Address: 6-1, 3 Chome, Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Awards: Neiman Marcus award, 1973 Medaille d'Argent, City of Paris, 1978 The Symbol of Man award, Minnesota Museum, 1978 Croix de Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, 1984 Purple Ribbon Decoration, Japan, 1988 Asahi prize as pioneer of Japanese Fashion, 1988 named Chevalier de la L égion d'Honneur, 1989 Person of Cultural Merit, Japan, 1989 Order of Culture, Japan, 1996. Exhibitions: Avant-garde Japon, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1986 Hanae Mori: 35 Years in Fashion, Tokyo, 1989, Monte Carlo, 1990, and Paris, 1990 Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993-94 Japonism in Fashion, Kyoto Costume Institute, 1994 Japanese Design: A Survey Since 1950, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1994 Orientalism, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994-95. Honor, Paris, 1985 designed costumes for La Scala, Milan designed costumes for Paris Opera Ballet, 1986 launched Hanae Mori Boutique, Monte Carlo, 1989 shows in Paris, Budapest, Moscow, and Kuala Lumpur, 1990 shows in Lausanne and Taipei, and member of Japan Olympic Committee and chairman of Cultural Affairs Promotion Committee of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1991 eyewear added, 1993 fragrances added: Butterfly, 1995 HM (for men), 1997 Haute Couture, 1999 also designed accessories, home furnishings, textiles, and skiwear. Career: First atelier in Shinjuko, Tokyo, 1951 costume designer for films, 1954-circa 1961 first New York fashion show, 1965 showed in Monaco and Paris, 1975 established haute couture collection and fashion house in Paris, 1977 member of Le Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture Parisienne, 1977 opened Hanae Mori Boutique in Faubourg St. Family: Married Kei Mori children: Akira, Kei. Education: Graduated in literature from Tokyo Christian Women's University, 1947.