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. Well now I will own it and I will enjoy every drop of this wonderful scent.European fashion designers have been inspired by Japan since it open its borders for trade in 1853. My husband loved it and I just did not buy it. I sniffed it in NYC back in May and almost bought it. Well now I have and I know I will love it. I have spent tons on very $$$$ perfumes and just would not spend the money on this one for some odd reason. I will own this perfume I have been lusting after for years. Well last night I ordered a bottle online and I am so happy. Well I have been saying I was going to buy a bottle of Butterfly since that day and I have never done it. Well I returned it the next day, because it was to heavy for me to wear. Well I liked Butterfly better because it was a much lighter scent than Escada, but went with Escada for some dumb reason. I again sniffed this scent a year ago while on a shopping trip in Neimans and well still felt the same, but the sales lady was telling me to go with Escada not Butterfly. I think it is the strawberry note and the Almond note. There is just something about this scent that I really love. I keep coming back to it to sniff for some reason. I sniffed this scent about two years ago and thought it was very nice. I do not own a bottle of this just yet, but I will soon. I feel I won't be throwing away as many 'expensive mistakes' as I have in the past thanks to this great site! How boring it would be if we all liked the same thing. I'm not going to say I like every fragrance you do but that's what makes us all unique. There are some 'expert noses' that post very valuable info. Even though I'm an amateur I find I'm starting to know more than the ladies at the counter. so now when I shop I know what I'm looking for. And, I love this site!!! You all have helped educate me on notes, etc. Hanae is one of those that the longer I wear it the better I like it. I agree, Burberry Touch and Hanae Mori are close but to me they are far enough apart that I know I'm wearing something different. I think next time I will go with the pink because it seems softer.on me. The berries and vanilla are nice but my favorite is still a soft floral and vanilla. I purchased a bottle of Hanae Mori Blue but I had tested the pink (eau de toilette).

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