Vancouver ART SCENE: GUO PEI: COUTURE BEYOND @ Vancouver Art Gallery, Oct. 13, 2018 - Jan. 20, 2019

"Guo Pei: The Chinese designer behind Rihanna's yellow omelette dress."

GUO PEI: COUTURE BEYOND
Vancouver Art Gallery
Oct. 13, 2018 to Jan. 20, 2019

This video couldn't possibly do justice to the brilliance of Guo Pei's designs. The colours, the textures and the richness of the material!! This is something you have to experience for yourself in person. It's an eye-popper and a crowd pleaser for sure. Come see it at the Vancouver Art Gallery if you get the chance. Bring the kids too! It's on now until January 20, 2019.

From the Vancouver Art Gallery page:
https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_e...

Guo Pei: Couture Beyond is the first Canadian exhibition devoted to the work of Guo Pei, China’s preeminent couturière. This mid-career survey features more than forty complete looks from Guo Pei’s most iconic runways from 2006 to 2017. In her theatrical, extravagant creations, Guo Pei combines contemporary aesthetics, production methods and materials with ancient tradition, evoking Chinese history and mythology in her craft techniques, fabric selection and imagery. The exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of her evolution as a designer as well as her contribution to global fashion culture.

Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery, an initiative of the Institute of Asian Art, in collaboration with SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film and curated by Diana Freundl, Associate Curator, Asian Art and Stephanie Rebick, Associate Curator


From BBC News:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asi...

Chinese dress designer Guo Pei's big break came when a singer she had never heard of, named Rihanna, contacted her about a yellow dress she had seen pictures of.

The pop star wore it to the New York Met Gala - sparking a viral meme as the outfit was compared to an omelette.

But for Guo Pei it led her to Paris Fashion Week and international acclaim.

Born in 1960s communist China, where "there was no fashion at all", Guo Pei told the BBC how she took the "unthinkable" risk of quitting a well-paid job to fulfil her dream of designing and making dresses.


Recorded: Sunday, November 25, 2018

Music:
Mia by Jeremy Blake
Sunspots by Jeremy Blake

Equipment: Samsung Galaxy S8+

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