The 'Garden of Ethereal Realms: Guo Pei Costume Art Exhibition' opened September 27, 2026 at the China National Silk Museum, a specialized institution dedicated to silk, textiles and costume culture.

The outlet reports the show traces four decades of Guo Pei's career at the intersection of traditional craftsmanship and modern design, and that it runs through August 31, 2027 in the museum's Fashion Gallery.

For fashion watchers, the robe's arrival is the headline event: a single garment that turned a then-relatively unknown couturier into a global name now sits inside the museum that preserves the very silk traditions it draws on.

That the gown itself has now 'arrived' — as PR Newswire's headline puts it — in Hangzhou gives devoted fashion readers a rare chance to see the embroidery up close, stitch by stitch.

The Conway Daily Sun, carrying the same release, frames the exhibition as a personal retrospective of the designer's evolution, and notes it systematically presents her exploration of garment structure, traditional techniques, material language and East-West aesthetics.

Placing haute couture inside a silk history museum, the organizers argue, invites the public to rediscover the contemporary value of traditional materials and the time and skill behind each piece.

Both outlets report the exhibition features approximately 200 haute couture pieces drawn from 40 years of Guo Pei's work, organized into four sections and nine representative series.

The sections — 'Time, Fable, Rebirth,' 'Building Dreams, Legend,' 'Dream Isle Garden' and 'Eastern Palace Echoes' — offer what PR Newswire describes as a comprehensive view of her artistic journey.

Named series on display include One Thousand and Two Nights, Legend, Samsara, Paradise Island and Children's Dream.

The show also spotlights red-carpet gowns made for stars such as Liu Shishi and Dilraba, plus costumes created for national stages including the Beijing Olympics and the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

A folded-paper installation reinterprets the contours, layers and power of haute couture through structural language, adding a sculptural counterpoint to the garments.

According to the release carried by PR Newswire, the exhibition details are straightforward: 'Garden of Ethereal Realms: Guo Pei Costume Art Exhibition' runs from September 27, 2026 to August 31, 2027, in the Fashion Gallery of the China National Silk Museum in Hangzhou, and presents 40 years of the designer's creations across roughly 200 haute couture works.

The Conway Daily Sun's syndication of the same announcement suggests the story is reaching audiences well beyond China's fashion press, a sign of how far the Rihanna gown's legend has traveled.

The museum's stated aim is to place haute couture within the context of silk history and dress culture — and with a nearly year-long run, fans of embroidery, Met Gala lore and Chinese couture have a generous window to make the pilgrimage to Hangzhou themselves.