Yellow Is Forbidden

Nov 1, 2018

1h 34m

★ 5.3

Overview

Celebrated Chinese couturier Guo Pei is perhaps best known for designing the brilliant gold gown Rihanna wore to the Met Ball in 2015. But Guo’s quest to be recognized by the gatekeepers of Paris haute couture goes beyond the red carpet and taps into global power dynamics and the perpetual tension between art and commerce.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Gaumont-Pathe Archives

Libertine Pictures

New Zealand Film Commission

U.S. National Archives

Avrotros

SVT

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Cast

Herself

Guo Pei

Herself

Wendi Murdoch

Himself

Philip Treacy

Himself

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