{"id":197962,"date":"2024-05-17T10:45:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=197962"},"modified":"2024-05-17T10:45:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:45:35","slug":"haute-couture-gown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/17\/haute-couture-gown\/","title":{"rendered":"Haute couture gown by Japanese fashion designer donated to UH<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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A haute couture gown by Hanae Mori.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A haute couture gown (hand-made and custom-fitted for the client) by the late Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori has been donated to the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture of Human Resources<\/a> (CTAHR<\/abbr>) Historic Costume Collection.<\/p>\n

The gown is made of silk chiffon and features sequins and beads sewn on to look like bamboo, fans, leaves and three-dimensional flowers. Mori\u2019s motif was the butterfly, which was incorporated into many of her creations, and this gown features a draped butterfly wing in the front.<\/p>\n

Mori was the only Asian person in her lifetime to be accepted by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration de la Haute Couture et de la Mode\u2014the French organization that governs haute couture fashion.<\/p>\n

“This donation will complement other Hanae Mori creations we have in the collection, and its history is a nice link between fashion, agriculture (plants), and philanthropy,” said Andy Reilly, a professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences<\/a>. “The collection represents the history of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> as told through clothing, and I am very thankful that the gown will remain in Â鶹´«Ã½.<\/span>”<\/p>\n

The donor, Fredrica Cassiday, had originally considered gifting it to the Met in New York, Reilly explained, but wanted it to remain in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and chose CTAHR<\/abbr> instead.<\/p>\n

For more information, see CTAHR<\/abbr>\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A haute couture gown by the late designer Hanae Mori has been donated to CTAHR<\/abbr>\u2019s Historic Costume Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[212,1420,476,9],"class_list":["post-197962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-family-and-consumer-sciences","tag-fashion","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t