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Japanese star designer: Hanae Mori is dead

2022-08-18T03:06:48.320Z


As »Madame Butterfly«, Hanae Mori became famous far beyond her native Japan. She dressed stars and royals - and made it into an exclusive Paris circle. Now the fashion designer has died.


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Hanae Mori is cheered at the end of her Paris fashion show in July 1998

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Famous Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori is dead. She died at her home in Tokyo last week, Japanese media reported on Thursday.

Accordingly, Mori was already buried with her family.

The reports cited the designer's "advanced age" as the cause of death.

She was 96 years old.

Mori often used butterflies and other Japanese motifs in her designs.

This earned her the nickname "Madame Butterfly".

Her clients have included US First Lady Nancy Reagan and acting legend Grace Kelly.

When Masako - today's Empress of Japan - married Naruhito in 1993, she chose a dress from the House of Mori.

The designer also designed uniforms for Japan Airlines flight attendants, bank employees, school students and the Japanese team at the Barcelona Olympics.

She was responsible for the costumes in hundreds of Japanese films, especially in the 1950s and 1960s.

From Tokyo to New York and on to Paris

Mori began her career in film costumes in the Japanese capital of Tokyo.

She later moved to New York.

Her first collection in the US metropolis was celebrated as "East Meets West" in 1965 - East meets West.

Eventually, Mori moved on to Paris.

In the French capital, in 1977, her fashion house became the first Asian label to join the elite circle of haute couture tailors.

In 2004, Mori closed her studio in Paris.

However, their shops in Tokyo remained open.

Her perfumes are still sold worldwide.

The designer's husband, Ken Mori, died in 1996. The couple had two sons.

Both are also active in the fashion industry.

Mori's grandchildren Izumi Mori and Hikari Mori work as models.

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Source: spiegel

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