Today is the birthday of Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, January 8, 1926...
✮ Her fashion house first opened in Japan in 1951.
✮Her designs have been seen on the runways of both Paris and New York and she is the only Japanese woman to have done so.
✮ She is the first Asian woman to admitted as an official Haute Couture design house by the federation francaise de la couture in France
✮ She designed three uniforms for flight attendants of Japan Air Lines... the second (worn from 1970 to 1977) created quite a sensation because it included a minskirt.
✮ Hanae Mori's signature design inspiration is the
butterfly.
✮ She has made costumes for operas such as
Madame Butterfly and
Elektra....for ballets including
Cinderella, and even musicals such as the Japanese production of
Evita.
Here are some wonderful Hanae Mori pieces that you too could own...
