1996 Hanae Mori Haute Couture Hand Beaded Silk Chiffon & Printed Silk Dress designer-biba The skirt is a simple

The skirt is a simple pencil silhouette that falls to just below the knee

Excellent condition with normal patina to the gold

The beading technique used on this dress is distinctive and it led me to a dress from this the Fall 1974 collection that uses the same beading technique

a fabric that he preferred because of the way it moved and took color

1996 Hanae Mori Haute Couture Hand Beaded Silk Chiffon & Printed Silk Dress designer-biba The skirt is a simpleIn 1996, the same year this gown was made, Hanae Mori was awarded the Order of Culture by the Emperor of Japan. This after a long and lustrous career that included becoming the first Japenese women to become a member of Le Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture Parisienne in 1977. In the Encyclopedia of Fashion they say of her work: ". examples used bright hot colors, juxtaposed in one ensemble to provide interest, bringing a strong Japanese feel to