Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, center, is applauded by models after the presentation of her 1997-98 fall-winter haute couture collection presented in Paris, July 9, 1997. Michel Lipchitz/AP hide caption toggle caption Michel Lipchitz/AP Obituaries Hanae Mori, a designer for Japan's films, working women and an empress, dies August 17, 2022 Hanae Mori symbolized the rise of Japan as a modern, fashionable nation and the rise of the working woman.