![]() ![]() Mori paid homage to her culture through bright colors and patterns, as well as silhouettes containing elements of kimonos, obi belts and other elements of yofuku style. Fashion designer Hanae Mori fitting model Miki Irie, Japan, 1966 At the height of her design career she had a salon on Avenue Montaigne and attracted Princess Grace of Monaco, Sophia Loren, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan as client. This wasn’t the only honor she would receive from the French, as she was awarded the Order of Légion d’Honneur by former French President François Mitterand in 1989. Think of it as the most exclusive club for the most exclusive fashion designers, comprised of members like Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld and Schiaparelli. After taking the leap from costuming films, Mori became the first Asian woman to be admitted as an official haute couture design house to the Fédération Française de la Couture the official council of high fashion. She presented her first ever runway collection at New York Fashion Week in 1965 after a trip to Paris where she met Coco Chanel who personally encouraged her to take a real shot at ready-to-wear. Mori set up shop in Shinjuku in 1951 where hundreds of costumes for Japanese films would come to life. She ended up joining the female workforce during the war and got a taste of fashion from Europe when she saw army wives wearing designs inspired by the works of Christian Dior. She felt like an outcast wearing western clothes while many of her classmates wore kimonos to school. She grew up during World War II and later published work about it later. Her father was a surgeon who was very interested in all things fashion and culture. Hanae Mori Hanae Mori Haute Couture 1992 summer photo by Guy Marineauīorn in Yoshika in 1926, Hanae grew up in a very cultural household. She later would be referred to as Madame Mori. After seeing that production she decided to make the butterfly one of her signature motifs in her burgeoning clothing empire. So she decided to change the narrative on her own. She felt that the kimonos were not worn with the care, grace and respect that they would receive in Japan. At one production of the ballet, an audience member named Hanae Mori was unsatisfied with how her home country was being portrayed on stage. One example of this admiration of Japanese aesthetics without a true understanding of the culture behind it is Madame Butterfly – originally published as a short story by John Luther Long and later adapted into an opera by Giacomo Puccini, neither of whom had ever actually been to Japan themselves. ![]() But while the art coming out of Japan was often appreciated and admired, the asian artists themselves have not always been welcomed with such open arms. it's very pretty and i didn't know it had poppy in it.European fashion designers have been inspired by Japan since it open its borders for trade in 1853. Maenad ( Orgiastic mayhem in the extreme: sweet strawberry and orange blossom distorted by carnation, black poppy and hibiscus.) might be a better idea to layer. (note that i am biased on the ars draconis line of bpal)ĮTA: oh crap, my net was being crappy and i saw that it listed the berry as STRAWberry, so dragon's blood wouldn't really be the best idea, it's more grape and blackberryish. perhaps fallen ( Cherubic white sandalwood and golden musk with a dark halo of amber, a breath of imperial florals, unbending woods, and the shadow cast by vetiver and violet.) with something berrish? ![]() as i've never smelled hanae mori, i can't make any good rec for you.i think it would be best to layer. Other than that, you would probably have to layer. dragon's heart ( A scent pulsing with vitality, warmth and insurmountable strength: dragon's blood resin, red and black musks, a throb of fig and a sliver of black currant.) is very lovely, i think you would like it. i would order a sample imp of dragon's blood to see how you like it, some people can't take it. dragon's blood is usually very berry like. I would look thru the ars draconis line (layering them would be a good idea maybe?). didn't find anything that really looked/smelled like what you said. I tried an advanced search for the notes you described. ![]()
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