Dress
(1970s)
Medium
silk (chiffon, satin), glass (beads)
Measurements
(a) 148.0 cm (centre back) 47.0 cm (waist, flat) (overdress)
(b) 116.0 cm (centre back) 35.0 cm (waist, flat) (underdress)
(c) 119.0 cm (centre back) 32.5 cm (waist, flat) (wrap skirt)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Bulgari Australia Pty Ltd, 2017
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
Initially working as a costume designer in Japan during the 1950s, Hanae Mori turned to fashion in 1961 after meeting Coco Chanel while on holiday in Paris. In 1965 Mori presented her first ready-to-wear collection, East Meets West in New York, introducing a multicultural and contemporary aesthetic that drew from the dressmaking traditions of both Japan and Europe. That year she became the first Japanese designer to present internationally, and in 1977 became the first Japanese member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. This work is typical of Mori’s practice, featuring diaphanous silk chiffon screen-printed with Japanese motifs and embellished with couture beadwork and finishing.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
label, left shoulder pad, woven in black on cream polyester: HANAE MORI PARIS
Accession Number
2015.377.a-c
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest