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Her ready-to-wear and accessory lines were bought by Mitsui and Co. In June 2004, Hanae Mori announced that after the Haute Couture Show for Fall 2004, to be held in Paris in July 2004, she will be retiring and closing her Couture house. Pamela brought her own ideas for zippered jacked and elongated cardigans which co-existed with Hanae's graceful chiffon dresses fluttering with butterfly prints.

She has also shared a happy fashion partnership with her son's wife Pamela, so that they jointly took bows at the end of a fashion show. Not having to worry about the business and financial side of her label, Hanae Mori was thus able to concentrate fully on the creative design couture side of her house.

She has 60 retail outlets in Japan and one each in New York and Paris, at present. They will take over her directly operated shops, and plan to expand the Hanae Mori chain in the United States and Europe. In January 2002, she sold her ready-to-wear and licensed apparel business to an investment group composed of Rothschild of Britain and Mitsui of Japan. In 1996, Hanae Mori was awarded the Order of Culture by the Emperor of Japan. In 1989, Hanae Mori was awarded the French Legion of Honor by President François Mitterrand of France. The first uniform was worn from 1967 to 1970 the second, which created a sensation by featuring a miniskirt, worn from 1970 to 1977 and the third worn from 1977 to 1978. Mori designed three consecutive uniforms for the stewardesses (flight attendants) of Japan Air Lines (JAL). She is one of the few women in Japan who sit down with the Imperial family. When the Japanese Prime Minister visits Washington, she is invited to join the occasion at the White House. Hanae was the first Japanese designer to be decorated by the French government and is grealy honoured in Japan too. She has also created designs for shoes, stockings, gloves, ties, belts, handbags, umbrellas, sunglasses, aprons, carpets and lacquerware. Her ready to wear and couture lines, especially her Cocktail dresses and evening dresses, are popular worldwide. The French Government has awarded her the Legion d'Honneur, as well as the Croix de Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. Her first couture showing was in Paris in 1977.

She was the first, and so far the only, Japanese designer to be included in Haute Couture. In 1976 she opened a salon in Paris, leading to her appointment as a member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Her appeal to an international audience began in the early 70's. Everyone who knew her admired how hard she worked in the early days to come to grips with Western culture and acquire an international reputation by extending her activities overseas. Hanae actively sought to promote the interaction of East-West aesthetic values through clothing, and designed for operas like Madame Butterfly and Elektra, as well as ballets like Cinderella and musicals like Evita. It was held at the Hotel Delmonico and was a smash hit.

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