Guo Pei's 'Barbie Doll Wearing Golden-Yellow Crown' is a Mattel Creations exclusive and a Platinum Label doll. It is the fashion designer's first collaboration for the Barbie Signature Collection. Inspired by the Qing Dynasty, the dress is from a collection Pei showed in 2010. Singer Rihanna wore the gown to the 2015 Met Gala. 

The Beijing-based Pei has been creating fashion since the early '90s and started her couture journey in the early 2000s. She's dressed many Chinese celebrities and designed the dress for the Chinese singer Song Zuying for her performance with Placido Domingo during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Games. In 2024, she added her second doll to the Barbie Lunar New Year Collection, following 2022's.