Evening dress
Hanae Mori · spring/summer 1983
Hanae Mori
- Floral couture
- Silk eveningwear
Hanae Mori built an international career connecting Japanese textiles and imagery with Western dress. After her New York breakthrough in 1965, she established her Paris couture house in 1977.
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Evening dress
spring/summer 1983
The spring/summer 1983 silk evening dress places blossoms and broad bands of color across a flowing silhouette. It entered the museum as a gift of collector Mary Griggs Burke in 1996.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Dress
1989 · V&A collection
silk chiffon .
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Suit
fall/winter 1979–80 · The Met collection
Cotton.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Evening dress
fall/winter 1974–75 · The Met collection
Silk.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Evening dress
ca. 1971 · The Met collection
Silk, rayon.
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtCollections & archive pieces
1 collections represented · 1 piecespring/summer 1983
1 piece
About Hanae Mori
Her clothes often used flowers, butterflies and references to Japanese art, translated into flowing silk, embroidery and carefully worked surfaces.