Da Jin: History and Key Facts

Da Jin (Magnificent Gold) is a gold embroidered dress designed by Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei. The dress was constructed over the course of two years and completed in 2005, with 50,000 hours and 1 million dollars put into the garment. It was her first couture creation and debuted in 2006 as the final dress of her first couture runway show of the Samsara (Life Cycle) collection.

From May 7 to September 7 2015, the public could view the dress in the China: Through the Looking Glass exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, also part of that year's Met Gala theme. The dress was next exhibited at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film in the Guo Pei: Couture Beyond solo exhibition from September 7, 2017 to March 4, 2018. It was also displayed at the Guo Pei: Chinese Art & Couture exhibition at the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore from June 15th to September 15th of 2019. The Louvre acquired the dress for the Luxes exhibition in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs from October 15th to May 2nd of 2021. Da Jin was featured most recently in the Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy solo exhibition at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco from April 16th to September 5th of 2022.

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