Hanae Mori Style
Editorial Reviews Book Description Since her first smash-hit fashion show in New York's Hotel Delmico thirty-five years ago, designer Hanae Mori has gone from strength to strength, establishing herself as the preeminent Japanese couturiere of the modern period.
As Stanley Marcus (former chairman of Neiman Marcus) said: "Her clothes were international silhouette.... Her Oriental color palette, her masterful handling of diaphanous fabrics like chiffon, which she floated over hand-painted and beaded foundations, gave a sense of security to the social leaders who adopted her clothes.... Thanks to Hanae Mori, the prevailing concept that 'made in Japan' meant cheap, poor quality goods was forever destroyed!"
Her trademark was the butterfly and, like a butterfly, her career has been restless: never confining herself just to the glitz of seasonal shows in Paris, London, Milan, Munich and New York, she has designed for the ballet (Nureyev's "Cinderella"), the movies, theater, and opera (appropriately, "Madam Butterfly"), and has also created shoe, umbrella, apron, and lacquerware designs.
In this piorial celebration of her work, she has personally selected over 120 examples of her best creations, from the 1960s to the present day. Together they form a retrospective of a true artist's lifetime achievements. From the Publisher COMMENTS ON HANAE MORI'S WORK
Rudolf Nureyev: "I loved working with her. She had an incredible eye for detail, trying to make absolutely sure her designs suited the movements of a dance."
Michael J. Mansfield (former U.S. ambassador to Japan): "Hanae Mori is without question one of the world's greatest and grandest in the art of high design."
Seiji Ozawa: "How hard she worked in those early days to come to grips with Western culture as an Oriental, to acquire an international reputation by extending her activities overseas." Hanae Mori Style
Hanae Mori Style,Hanae Mori,Kodansha International (JPN),4770026846,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Commercial - Fashion Design,Fashion
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