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Article: Ken Mori, chief of Hanae Mori, dead at 84. (Hanae Mori Group)(Obituary)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- October 22, 1996
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TOKYO -- Ken Mori, chairman of the Hanae Mori Group and husband of the designer for whom the group is named, died Oct. 16 after suffering a heart attack here. He was 84.
Mori and his wife, Hanae Mori, founded Hiyoshiya in 1951, the first of the companies that eventually grew into the Hanae Mori Group of fashion- related firms.
The group, headquartered in Tokyo, includes a couture house in Paris, apparel, accessories, eyewear, home furnishings, textiles, skiwear, retail boutiques, and a women's fragrance that was launched in the U.S. this year. Hanae Mori's signature is a butterfly, and the house has become known for incorporating ...