<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guo-pei.fr%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Guo Pei</a> is a Chinese-born haute couture designer known for her expertise in embroidery and artistic understanding of fashion.
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Guo Pei is a Chinese-born haute couture designer known for her expertise in embroidery and artistic understanding of fashion.
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This dress is called "Dajin," but is also known as Magnificent Gold. Embroidered with gold and pearls, it required more than 50,000 hours of work.
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This dress is called "Dajin," but is also known as Magnificent Gold. Embroidered with gold and pearls, it required more than 50,000 hours of work.
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This beaming golden dress was featured inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art's <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metmuseum.org%2Fexhibitions%2Flistings%2F2015%2Fchina-through-the-looking-glass" target="_blank" target="_blank">"China: Through the Looking Glass"</a> exhibition in 2015.
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This beaming golden dress was featured inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "China: Through the Looking Glass" exhibition in 2015.
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Rihanna wore this bright yellow creation to the 2015 <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2016%2F05%2F02%2Ffashion%2Fmet-gala-2016%2F">Met Gala</a>. Guo Pei and her team spent around 8,000 hours working on it. The dress is made of fox fur and Italian silk, and weighs 25 kg.
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Rihanna wore this bright yellow creation to the 2015 Met Gala. Guo Pei and her team spent around 8,000 hours working on it. The dress is made of fox fur and Italian silk, and weighs 25 kg.
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Guo designed a costume for opera singer Song Zuying's performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics closing ceremony.
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Guo designed a costume for opera singer Song Zuying's performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics closing ceremony.
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Guo Pei's Spring-Summer 2010 collection showcased 16 works, and featured model Carmen Dell'Orefice, who was 78 at the time.
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Guo Pei's Spring-Summer 2010 collection showcased 16 works, and featured model Carmen Dell'Orefice, who was 78 at the time.
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The collection included origami-like, three-dimensional boleros with ornate gold applique, as well as elaborate metallic headgear.
"Arabian 1002th Night" collection —
The collection included origami-like, three-dimensional boleros with ornate gold applique, as well as elaborate metallic headgear.
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Guo Pei fused elements of Arabic culture and attire with her own Chinese aesthetics for the collection.
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Guo Pei fused elements of Arabic culture and attire with her own Chinese aesthetics for the collection.
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The collection also featured a Japanese-inspired dress.
"Arabian 1002th Night" collection —
The collection also featured a Japanese-inspired dress.
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Born in 1967 during China's Cultural Revolution, Guo grew up wearing a uniform with almost no variation.
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Born in 1967 during China's Cultural Revolution, Guo grew up wearing a uniform with almost no variation.
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Anything considered bourgeois was banned at the height of the Cultural Revolution. Guo dreamed of beautiful clothes and accessories, which eventually inspired her creations.
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Anything considered bourgeois was banned at the height of the Cultural Revolution. Guo dreamed of beautiful clothes and accessories, which eventually inspired her creations.
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In 1982, Guo was accepted into the Beijing School of Industrial Design, where she studied drawing, sketching and pattern-making. She began her career as a children's clothing designer in 1987 and opened her own venture, called Rose Studio, with her husband in 1997.
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In 1982, Guo was accepted into the Beijing School of Industrial Design, where she studied drawing, sketching and pattern-making. She began her career as a children's clothing designer in 1987 and opened her own venture, called Rose Studio, with her husband in 1997.
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In her 2007 collection, "An Amazing Journey in a Childhood Dream," Guo tells a fairy tale from a child's perspective.
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In her 2007 collection, "An Amazing Journey in a Childhood Dream," Guo tells a fairy tale from a child's perspective.
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Guo used pink, blue and yellow fabrics to convey a sweet and romantic mood.
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Guo used pink, blue and yellow fabrics to convey a sweet and romantic mood.
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Guo's 2015 "Garden of the Soul" collection took its inspiration from an old Chinese saying: "There is a kingdom in a flower, a wisdom in a leaf."
"Garden of the Soul" collection —
Guo's 2015 "Garden of the Soul" collection took its inspiration from an old Chinese saying: "There is a kingdom in a flower, a wisdom in a leaf."
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The collection included a line of cosmetics by makeup brand MAC, with lip gloss, eye shadow, and blush in natural colors that complemented the clothes.
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The collection included a line of cosmetics by makeup brand MAC, with lip gloss, eye shadow, and blush in natural colors that complemented the clothes.
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Guo's favorite color is blue, and it is dominant in both her makeup and clothes.
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Guo's favorite color is blue, and it is dominant in both her makeup and clothes.
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The designer celebrated the Chinese lunar year of the dragon with her mythology-inspired collection, "Legend of the Dragon," in 2012.
"Legend of the Dragon" collection —
The designer celebrated the Chinese lunar year of the dragon with her mythology-inspired collection, "Legend of the Dragon," in 2012.
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The dragon is considered a very auspicious symbol in Chinese culture, and represents strength, power and good luck.
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The dragon is considered a very auspicious symbol in Chinese culture, and represents strength, power and good luck.
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Guo's collection brought dragon motifs to life through golden embroidery and crystal embellishments.
"Legend of the Dragon" collection —
Guo's collection brought dragon motifs to life through golden embroidery and crystal embellishments.
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The collection took Guo and her team almost three years to complete.
"Legend of the Dragon" collection —
The collection took Guo and her team almost three years to complete.
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One of the dresses in the collection, called Dragon Lady, incorporates 465,756 hand-beaded pearls.
"Legend of the Dragon" collection —
One of the dresses in the collection, called Dragon Lady, incorporates 465,756 hand-beaded pearls.
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Guo's "Samsara" collection from 2006 was her first haute couture show.
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Guo's "Samsara" collection from 2006 was her first haute couture show.
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Guo said: "I am passionate about haute couture, for it freezes life at that moment. Unlike ready-to-wear, which simply gets popular and forgotten, real couture has an everlasting charm."
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Guo said: "I am passionate about haute couture, for it freezes life at that moment. Unlike ready-to-wear, which simply gets popular and forgotten, real couture has an everlasting charm."
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The collection was inspired by French leader Napoleon's military uniforms, which she saw at the Army Museum in Paris.
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The collection was inspired by French leader Napoleon's military uniforms, which she saw at the Army Museum in Paris.
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Guo aimed to convey a sense of immortality.
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Guo aimed to convey a sense of immortality.
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