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Chinese designer Guo Pei headlines Singapore Fashion Week
Beijing-based Guo shows a collection heavy on tassels, brocade and embroidery at Lion City event that also features Naeem Khan, Sheranut Yusananda and a raft of Singaporean designers
Beijing-based Guo shows a collection heavy on tassels, brocade and embroidery at Lion City event that also features Naeem Khan, Sheranut Yusananda and a raft of Singaporean designers
Chinese designer Guo Pei opened Singapore Fashion Week with a 34-piece collection heavy on tassels, embroidered trains and brocade.
The five-day event is taking place on the main stage at the National Gallery Singapore and showcases 20 designers, all from Asia.
Models show looks from Guo Pei’s show at the National Gallery Singapore. Photo: Xinhua
Beijing-based Guo found fame in the West when she designed THAT yellow-embroidered, fur-trimmed dress and cape for Rihanna to wear at the Metropolitan Museum gala in May 2015.
Other designers showing in Singapore include Indian-American Naeem Khan and Thai star Sheranut “Namcha” Yusananda, who will unveil her label Sheranut.
A look from the new Guo Pei collection presented in Singapore. Photo: Xinhua
Brocade and embroidery were features of the Guo Pei collection presented in Singapore. Photo: Xinhua
There are also 13 home-grown designers featured.
For the first time, shoppers can buy selected looks from Singaporean designers seen on the festival’s catwalks immediately at online retailer Zalora.sg and at the SGFW & Co pop-up at the National Gallery.
Another look from the Guo Pei show. Photo: Xinhua