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The Dragon’s Shadow-Self
Guo Pei’s sculptural 'Dragon Shoulder' dress slips free from its couture gold and blue fabric, exchanging ornament for darkness, stretching into an unruly new anatomy, and briefly becoming more creature than clothing. The gown remains composed beneath the museum lights while its shadow-self curls, prowls, and dreams beyond it.
Shadow cast by a Guo Pei ensemble (Dragon Shoulder dress) from the 2012 Legend of the Dragon collection, photographed during Guo Pei: Couture Beyond at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2018.
The Dragon’s Shadow-Self
Guo Pei’s sculptural 'Dragon Shoulder' dress slips free from its couture gold and blue fabric, exchanging ornament for darkness, stretching into an unruly new anatomy, and briefly becoming more creature than clothing. The gown remains composed beneath the museum lights while its shadow-self curls, prowls, and dreams beyond it.
Shadow cast by a Guo Pei ensemble (Dragon Shoulder dress) from the 2012 Legend of the Dragon collection, photographed during Guo Pei: Couture Beyond at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2018.