1996 Hanae Mori Haute Couture Hand Beaded Silk Chiffon & Printed Silk Dress designer-biba Hidden side pockets on hips

Hidden side pockets on hips

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

I love the little abstract dotted pattern that comes through the black silk - and when you sit or move a certain way you get a flash of the colors underneath that create this effect

almost bullet bra foundation

1996 Hanae Mori Haute Couture Hand Beaded Silk Chiffon & Printed Silk Dress designer-biba Hidden side pockets on hipsIn 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