23 Facts About Guo Pei

Guo Pei is best known for designing dresses for Chinese celebrities, and in America for Rihanna's trailing yellow gown at the 2015 Met Gala.

Guo Pei founded the Chinese wedding dress brand, and in 2025 held her own theme exhibition in Paris, France, "Golden Thread - Costume Art from North Africa to the East".

Guo Pei was born to two members of China's Communist Party, her father being a former battalion leader of the People's Army and her mother being a kindergarten teacher.

Guo Pei's graduation was at a good time since post-Mao reforms were being implemented by Deng Xiaoping.

Guo Pei found a job at one of China's first privately owned clothing brand manufacturers, Tianma.

Guo Pei states that there was a sudden demand for fashion that grew in China, with one of her most popular factory designs being a brightly colored winter coat with a hood.

Guo Pei left the company in 1997 to form her own fashion brand.

Guo Pei says that she strived for something more as the fashion demand grew in China as well.

Guo Pei is responsible for Song Zuying's dress that she wore during her performance with Placido Domingo at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

Guo Pei was credited as a costume designer on the set of the 2014 film The Monkey King.

In 2008, Guo Pei conceived a canary yellow floor-length dress with a large circular train, edged with yellow coloured fur and embroidered with silver floral patterns.

Guo Pei's works were exhibited at the annual exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, titled "China: Through the Looking Glass".

In 2016, Guo Pei became a guest member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture.

Guo Pei believes not only that gold embodies the top of terms of knowledge and wealth, but that it is "the color of our souls".

In 2022 Guo Pei's work was featured at the San Francisco Legion of Honor and displayed several of her works from the past two decades of her career in the fashion style of couture fantasy from 16 April to 27 November.

Guo Pei designed the costumes of the character of Chang'e for the 2020 Netflix film Over The Moon.

Guo Pei is married to Cao Bao Jie, known as Jack Tsao, who is a textile dealer.

Guo Pei's husband oversees the branding and business side of Guo Pei's label.

Guo Pei is a renowned Chinese fashion designer whose works have gained widespread acclaim and recognition.

Guo Pei uses intricate details, gold embroidery, and a recurring theme of l'heure bleue in her designs, signifying dawn or dusk.

Guo Pei's designs are housed in displays like a museum.

Guo Pei employs five hundred people at three locations outside of China's capital, most learning about their craft on the job, stating that Guo Pei is a good teacher.

Guo Pei's clients are usually wealthy and well to do, but most of her older clients state that they are embracing a more Chinese style.