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Japanese fashion designer Yumi Katsura (C) helped popularise Western bridal wear in Japan and also made a golden vestment for Pope John Paul II – Copyright AFP\/File TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA<\/small><\/em><\/p>\nFashion designer Yumi Katsura, who helped popularise Western bridal wear in Japan and who made a golden cape for Pope John Paul II, has died aged 94, her office said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Having studied haute couture in Paris, Katsura opened Japan\u2019s first bridal salon in 1964 at a time when traditional kimonos still dominated in wedding ceremonies and Western-style dresses were worn by only three percent of brides.<\/p>\n
Starting in New York in 1981 with the \u201cYumi Line\u201d silhouette dress, she opened stores worldwide including in Italy and France, \u201cinfluencing brides not only in Japan but also around the world,\u201d her office said on its website.<\/p>\n
In 1993, she made a vestment \u2014 a robe for religious services \u2014 for John Paul II that took two years to make and showcased Hakata-ori weaving, a technique used for making kimonos.<\/p>\n
The same year the pontiff, who died in 2005, wore the cape and matching golden mitre to an Easter service that was broadcast worldwide.<\/p>\n
\u201cTears rolled down my cheeks when I received the pope\u2019s thank you note,\u201d Katsura recalled, adding that it reinforced her sense of mission to \u201ctransmit Japanese beauty to the world\u201d.<\/p>\n
Katsura, whose real name was Yumi Yuki, also set a Guinness World Record in 2012 for the highest number \u2014 13,262 \u2014 of pearls on a wedding dress.<\/p>\n
She admitted not wearing a wedding dress for her own nuptials, however.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhite isn\u2019t a good colour for me,\u201d Katsura said in an interview in 2018. \u201cI wore a dark green velvet dress.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mission is to make women happy all over the world,\u201d she told another interviewer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Japan bridal wear pioneer Yumi Katsura dies at 94
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