Chinese fashion designer's exhibition opens on US West Coast

LOS ANGELES - Chinese couturier Guo Pei's exhibition, Couture Beyond, opened to the public this month at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana in Southern California, featuring 40 extraordinary creations from her most dramatic runway shows.

Organized by the Bowers Museum in collaboration with Guo's Rose Studios, SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion and Film, and the SCAD University for Creative Careers, the event represented the premiere of the exhibition on the United States' West Coast.

Running until July 14, the exhibition traces the evolution of Guo's design sensibility over the past 20 years and underlines the Chinese designer's impact on the fashion world and beyond.