Vintage pieces from Hanae Mori is considered to be very collectible, just look on 1stdibs and see for yourself. Love this label…. Hanae Mori was born in Japan in 1926. She went on to present her first collection abroad in NYC in 1965 and began showing haute couture collections in Paris in 1977. She is the only Japanese woman to have presented her collections on the runways of Paris and NYC, and the first Asian woman to be admitted as an official haute couture design house in France. She is sometimes lumped together with other Japanese designers such as Kawabubo & Yamamoto. In 1961 Hanae Mori meets Coco Chanel in Paris when she goes for a fitting. Chanel convinces Hanae Mori to accentuate her coloring and jet black hair by adding an orange lining to her custom order beige suit. ”That was when I realized that fashion should bring out individuality,” Mori later tells The NYTimes. She first appears in VOGUE Magazine in 1965. Be sure you watch the FLASHBACK: Hanae Mori Haute Couture Paris Collection from 1997….
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