这是一本关于中国**时装设计师郭培的介绍，她的作品被世界时尚刊物称为“帝国的新衣服”。因为她展现的工匠手艺和大胆想象，常被与Alexander McQueen和Sarah Burton相提并论。郭培为中国政要人物和美国的名人们创作服饰。她的**部专著发表在首次个展上，展现了对中国不断增长的全球影响力和文化转型复杂性的见解。作为醒目的中国时装设计师，她的服饰具有华丽的刺绣和复杂的设计，也正是源自中国传统文化特征。安德鲁•博尔顿称她的设计为“中国服饰的千禧年历史”中前所未有的“自动东方主义”高级定制时装。从蕾哈娜2015年参加纽约艺术博物馆慈善舞会上穿的金色披肩礼服到北京奥运会上20万颗水晶装饰的礼服，都让人惊叹，她正是高级时装行业对传统元素的传承人。工作室缝制每件衣服会花上几千上万个小时，曾展出在SCAD时装与电影美术馆，具体参考书中图片。

The first major book on China’s leading couture visionary reveals the intricate craftsmanship and imperial glamour that has fashion publications worldwide declaring Guo Pei’s creations “the Empire’s new clothes.” An exponent of artisan craftsmanship and theatrical fantasy often compared to Alexander McQueen and Sarah Burton, Guo Pei dresses Chinese state dignitaries and American celebrities alike in richly bejeweled creations of imperial opulence. The designer’s first monograph, published on the occasion of her first solo exhibition, offers insight into the growing global influence of China and the complexities of its cultural transition.

The premier China-

based fashion designer to figure prominently on the world stage, Guo Pei produces ornate embroidery and intricate designs that derive from the ancient traditions and symbols of her Chinese heritage, rendered in glamorous silhouettes. Andrew Bolton describes the approach as an “auto-orientalist” couture unprecedented in the “millennial history of Chinese dress.” The grandeur of her work, from the aureate cape Rihanna wore to the 2015 Met Gala to a gown festooned with 200,000 crystals featured in the Beijing Olympics, distinguishes Guo Pei as a worthy heir to the grand tradition of haute couture.

Lush photography reveals the unprecedented detail achieved through the thousands of hours committed to each garment’s workmanship, a signature of Guo Pei’s atelier. This landmark volume presents a tableau of Guo Pei’s resplendent work: expansive, unconventional, and otherworldly. This landmark volume accompanies an eponymous exhibition of dozens of the designer’s dresses—the first in the United States—at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film.