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Hanae Mori, Japanese designer for films, empress, dies at 96

FILE - The Spring Summer high fashion collection by Japanese designer Hanae Mori is modeled, Jan. 9, 1978, in Paris. Mori, a Japanese fashion designer known for her elegant signature butterfly motifs, has died, according to the Hanae Mori Office. She was 96. She was 96. (AP Photo, File) FILE - 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. Mori, known for her elegant signature butterfly motifs, has died, according to the Hanae Mori Office. She was 96. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz, File)