Much of her work highlights the idea of rebirth—specifically, the rebirth of a new aristocracy in China. The designs displayed in this exhibition are laborious, luxurious and lavish. Installation view ...

“Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy” traces the emergence of China as an international fashion force through the work of its star designer, whose work is defined by the contrasts of past and ...

Guo Pei/ Legion of Honor/ Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco Guo's work is the subject of a new exhibition at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco (Credit: Guo Pei/ Legion of Honor/ Fine Arts Museum ...

Despite the heavy Chinese cultural influence in Guo Pei’s designs, there is also something very Westernized about her work. Such artfully designed pieces wouldn’t seem out of place in the ...

Mounting “Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy” in the Bay Area ... “The other thing really influential in her work is theater…Being raised during the Cultural Revolution, theater was one of the ...

Guo’s work has been impressing fashion and art lovers for nearly 30 years. An exhibition at Hong Kong’s M+ museum showcases her key collections and early designs. “Guo Pei: Fashioning ...

Guo Pei: Fashion, Art, Fantasy is adapted from an exhibition that was staged in San Francisco in 2022. In Auckland, Young-Sánchez took a thematic approach to segmenting Guo’s work, focusing ...

Couturier Guo Pei is considered one of China’s leading fashion designers, and her work garnered global attention when Rihanna walked the red carpet at the 2015 Met Gala in one of her pieces ...

It took 50,000 hours of elaborate work for Chinese couturier Guo Pei and her atelier to construct an awe-inspiring 25kg golden cape, built from the ground up in a swathe of silk and furs ...

Every week, Talking Points gives you a worksheet to practise your reading comprehension with exercises about the story we’ve written. Global superstar Rihanna turned heads when she arrived at ...