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Guo Pei

Designer, Guo Pei

A guest member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, the Chinese couturier gained worldwide fame after Rihanna wore a yellow gown of her design to the Met Ball.

Guo Pei
Marketing

Op-Ed | Why Fashion Needs Cultural Appropriation

Appropriation can be a force for good, creating a cultural exchange and enriching the available vocabulary for creatives of all types.

Marketing

Op-Ed | Why Fashion Needs Cultural Appropriation

Appropriation can be a force for good, creating a cultural exchange and enriching the available vocabulary for creatives of all types.


News & Analysis

#BoF500 - The New Class: Designers

Top designers are the lifeblood of fashion, uniting creative vision with commercial savvy. Meet the 27 creative directors who are new to the #BoF500 this year.

News & Analysis

#BoF500 - The New Class: Designers

Top designers are the lifeblood of fashion, uniting creative vision with commercial savvy. Meet the 27 creative directors who are new to the #BoF500 this year.


News & Analysis

The #BoF500 2016 Revealed

Today we unveil the fourth annual #BoF500, the definitive list of people shaping the global fashion industry in 2016.

News & Analysis

The #BoF500 2016 Revealed

Today we unveil the fourth annual #BoF500, the definitive list of people shaping the global fashion industry in 2016.


China

The China Edit | Golden Week, Shopping with Daigou, Cosmetics Tax Cut

This Golden Week, spending by Chinese tourists could hit $72 billion, and China has cut consumption tax on cosmetics to stir growth.

China

The China Edit | Golden Week, Shopping with Daigou, Cosmetics Tax Cut

This Golden Week, spending by Chinese tourists could hit $72 billion, and China has cut consumption tax on cosmetics to stir growth.


China

The China Edit | Record-Breaking Tourists, Taking On Counterfeiters

This week, Chinese consumers are flocking to in Japan, while brands including Alexander Wang clamp down on counterfeiters.

China

The China Edit | Record-Breaking Tourists, Taking On Counterfeiters

This week, Chinese consumers are flocking to in Japan, while brands including Alexander Wang clamp down on counterfeiters.


Financial Markets

Homegrown Asian Labels Challenge Western Imports

Fashion brands from South Korea, China and Japan are becoming serious rivals of their Western peers as Asian consumers become increasingly confident in their own style and take pride in buying home-grown labels.

Financial Markets

Homegrown Asian Labels Challenge Western Imports

Fashion brands from South Korea, China and Japan are becoming serious rivals of their Western peers as Asian consumers become increasingly confident in their own style and take pride in buying home-grown labels.


China

Success and Struggle for China's Creative Class

China’s fashion designers are making serious inroads abroad but why aren’t more of its photographers, stylists and other fashion creatives making a bigger global impact?

China

Success and Struggle for China's Creative Class

China’s fashion designers are making serious inroads abroad but why aren’t more of its photographers, stylists and other fashion creatives making a bigger global impact?


China

The China Edit | Empire's New Clothes, Exports Plummet, Pity the Personal Shopper

The China Edit is a weekly curation of the most important fashion business news and analysis from and about the world’s largest luxury market.

China

The China Edit | Empire's New Clothes, Exports Plummet, Pity the Personal Shopper

The China Edit is a weekly curation of the most important fashion business news and analysis from and about the world’s largest luxury market.


Fashion Week

A Wave of Chinese Talent on European Runways

China has nurtured a crop of young designers who have begun to establish themselves in the major fashion capitals of Europe.

Fashion Week

A Wave of Chinese Talent on European Runways

China has nurtured a crop of young designers who have begun to establish themselves in the major fashion capitals of Europe.


Fashion Week

How Haute Couture Went International

This season, fewer than half the couturiers showing in Paris are French. BoF investigates how haute couture has gone global and the opportunities for fledgling brands.

Fashion Week

How Haute Couture Went International

This season, fewer than half the couturiers showing in Paris are French. BoF investigates how haute couture has gone global and the opportunities for fledgling brands.


What is The BoF 500?

The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.

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