Katsura

Yumi. Japanese designer of high-quality fashions. She presented a Collection in Rome in 1999. She started her career as a designer of bridal dresses in 1963. In 1988 she officially opened the Museum of the Bride in Kobe which has 55 of her dresses, representating 25 years of activity. In 1994 she opened the Yumi Katsura Bridal House in New York. In 1998 she publicized herself with a celebration in the Palace of the Bride in Tokyo, with a Victorian style chapel on the sixth floor. Her creations are on sale at Saks, Bergdorf Goodman, and Neiman Marcus. Brooke Shields and Yoko Shimada have modeled for her. In addition to the New York bridal house, she has 7 more stores in the US.