Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, center, is applauded by models after the presentation of her 1997-98 fall-winter haute couture collection in Paris. (Michel Lipchitz / Associated Press) Designer ...

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Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori has died. She was 96. Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Designer Hanae Mori, known for her elegant signature butterfly motifs, numerous cinema fashions and the wedding ...

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TOKYOTOKYO — Designer Hanae Mori, known for her elegant signature butterfly motifs, numerous cinema fashions and the wedding gown of Japan’s empress, has died, her office said Thursday. She was 96.