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Mori died at her home in Tokyo on 11 August 2022, at the age of 96. : 24 Mori had two sons with Ken named Akira and Kei. : 20 Ken died on 16 October 1996 of a heart attack. In 1946, Mori met Ken Mori, a textile businessman who she later married. In 1996, Mori was awarded the Order of Culture by the Emperor of Japan. In 1989 Mori was awarded the French Legion of Honor by President François Mitterrand of France. In 1988, she received a Purple Ribbon Medal of Honor from the Government of Japan. She held her last fashion show in July of that year. Mori announced her retirement in June 2004, stating that she would be closing her fashion house after the Haute Couture Show for Fall 2004 in Paris. Opting for fast-track corporate rehabilitation, the company then applied to the Tokyo District Court for protection from its creditors on, as it had ¥10,100,000,000 ( US$81,000,000) in liabilities. Īmidst company financial struggles, Mori sold the ready-to-wear and licensed apparel operations in January 2002 to an investment group formed by Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co. Mori had the patronage of Masako, Crown Princess of Japan, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, Renata Tebaldi, and Monegasque Princess and actress Grace Kelly. Also in 1993, Masako, Crown Princess of Japan wore a sleeveless white gown designed by Mori for her wedding ceremony. In 1992, Mori designed the official uniform for the Japanese Delegation to the Barcelona Olympics and, in 1994, the official uniform for the Japanese Delegation to the Lillehammer Olympics. From 1989 to 1996, Mori employed Dominique Sirop as a designer. 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 1988.

Mori designed three consecutive uniforms for the flight attendants of Japan Air Lines (JAL). In 1965, she presented her first New York City collection, "East Meets West." Twelve years later, she opened an haute couture showroom in Paris, leading to her 1977 appointment as a member of the Chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne. She opened her first atelier, Hiyoshiya, in 1951, and over the next several years designed costumes for hundreds of movies. After graduating from Tokyo Women's Christian University, she married and attended dress-making school. Mori was born on 8 January 1926 in Muikaichi, Shimane.
