--- title: Guo Pei by Wendi Murdoch: TIME 100 description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299994/guo-pei-2016-time-100/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-20T16:54:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:13:32.964Z og:title: Guo Pei by Wendi Murdoch: TIME 100 og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299994/guo-pei-2016-time-100/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8eb3c8e5f844e4df/69888fd60a4a221eaa9c9517/time-100-2016-guo-pei.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Guo Pei by Wendi Murdoch: TIME 100 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Guo Pei by Wendi Murdoch: TIME 100 twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8eb3c8e5f844e4df/69888fd60a4a221eaa9c9517/time-100-2016-guo-pei.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 20, 2016 # Guo Pei by Wendi Murdoch  Chinese designer Guo Pei acknowledges the audience at the end of her show during the 2016 spring/summer Haute Couture collection on January 27, 2016 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP / MIGUEL MEDINA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images) Chinese designer Guo Pei acknowledges the audience at the end of her show during the 2016 spring/summer Haute Couture collection on January 27, 2016 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP / MIGUEL MEDINA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images)Miguel Medina—AFP/Getty Images Guo Pei was launched into the international spotlight last May after dressing Rihanna for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute gala, but some of us have been well aware of her exquisite talent for a long time. She already had fame in China, where she has dressed celebrities for over 20 years. I still remember my first visit to her showroom in Beijing many years ago—it was nothing short of breathtaking. Ironically, when Rihanna approached her, Guo was unaware of who she was! When an artist finds success beyond China, there is a great sense of national pride, and Guo is no exception. Her work showcases Chinese technique—intricate skill and incredible craftsmanship—and it reflects the endless hours dedicated to bringing beauty, romance and her imagination to life. In fact, Rihanna’s dress took over two years to make. Guo’s work is art. As a Chinese haute couturier with a showroom in Paris, a special-edition cover of American _Vogue_, a MAC collaboration and designs on display at the Met, Guo’s influence on fashion and culture is enormous, barrier breaking—not defined by East or West. And it doesn’t matter where you’re from; you can sense the emotion in her fashion. That’s what art does: it moves you. _Murdoch is a film producer, entrepreneur and co-founder of Artsy_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299994/guo-pei-2016-time-100/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299994/guo-pei-2016-time-100/"},"headline":"Guo Pei","datePublished":"2016-04-20T16:54:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:13:32.964Z","description":"China’s hautest couturier","url":"https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299994/guo-pei-2016-time-100/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8eb3c8e5f844e4df/69888fd60a4a221eaa9c9517/time-100-2016-guo-pei.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8eb3c8e5f844e4df/69888fd60a4a221eaa9c9517/time-100-2016-guo-pei.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299994/guo-pei-2016-time-100/","name":"Guo Pei"}}]}] ```