Guo was born in Beijing in 1967. Her father was a senior official and her mother a kindergarten teacher.[5] In 1986, she graduated after studying fashion design at the Beijing Second Light Industry School.[6] Three years later, Guo became chief designer at one of Beijing's first independently owned clothing companies in the post-Cultural Revolution era. She left the company in 1997 to form her own fashion brand.[7]
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