Beautiful Spring 1978 Hanae Mori Floral Print Silk Chiffon Dress & Cape Overlay designer-richard-tyler The neckline is scooped and

The neckline is scooped and that same scooped shape is mirrored at the back but cut deeper with a thick panel of beading following the curve

remaining there up to just before his passing in 1993 of brain cancer

eye-popping detail'

of glossy silver sequins mixed with rows of silver tube beads

There is a tiny bit of greying feel to the underskirts that I feel is just a natural effect of this fabric and how it is aging

Beautiful Spring 1978 Hanae Mori Floral Print Silk Chiffon Dress & Cape Overlay designer-richard-tyler The neckline is scooped andThis set is just absolutely gorgeous and pieces like this from her are getting increasingly hard to find, so it is a true treasure. The print on this one was featured both on the runway and in the ad campaign. A very close version of it walked the runway that season. It is absolutely gorgeous and a rare find. Hanae was the first woman of Japanese descent to have presented on the Paris and New York runways and the first Asian woman to be admitted as an