An upcoming exhibition looks at the work of Guo Pei, known as “China’s first couturier.”
. It’s a project championed by the Fine Arts Museums’ director and CEO Thomas P. Campbell. “I am very interested in designers that blur the lines between fashion and art.
The Talleyrand State Bed, circa 1805. Wood, carved and gilded; modern silk damask upholstery and passementerie; iron support, 365 x 208 x 163 cm. Museum Purchase, Art Trust Fund, 2019.61.Photo: Marcus Tondo / Indigital.tv Though she’s been working in fashion for decades, Pei became famous overnight, at least in the West, when Rihanna wore one of the designer’s magnificent creations to the “China: Through the Looking Glass” Met gala in 2015. That
yellow gown will not be on view in San Francisco, where the focus is more on how the personal mingles with the historical.Guo Pei, L’Architecture collection, fall 2018 couturePei was born in 1967, and from a young age her imagination was fueled by tales, passed on from her grandmother, of imperial splendor. A graduate of the country’s first official fashion program, the designer draws on historical references and traditional techniques to realize her romanticized vision of the world.
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