Yellow is No Longer Forbidden: The Rise of High Fashion in China

How did Chinawhere style was once limited to monochromatic Mao suitsbecome a player on the global fashion stage In Yellow is Forbidden, we see the emergence of one of Chinas top designers, Guo Pei, starting with the dark days when her mother told her yellow was a forbidden color. The film follows the designer as she hits the international scene and explores tradition versus modernity and acceptance versus prejudice in fashion in todays China. Following the screening, Michelle Song, fashion influencer, Charlie Gu, marketing guru, and Mary Wang, fashion writer, share thoughts about China s contemporary fashion scene with China Institute s Jeremy Willinger. This event took place at the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center on January 27, 2020.