Caroline scheufele step out 2017

“It felt like a fairy tale, like ‘Cinderella.’ The matching of the jewelry with the dresses was stunning, there were so many different ideas and colors, this feeling of so many possibilities,” said front-row guest Juliette Binoche of Guo Pei’s characteristically fantasy-fueled collection.

Last season Pei trod a medieval princess theme; here, for her first collaboration with a jewelry brand, Chopard, the Chinese designer paid homage to the golden era of haute couture.

She experimented with classic silhouettes ranging from gravity-defying puffball shapes to gowns with ornate bustiers and big-volume skirts — some so supersized they had a hard time getting through the runway door. Iridescence and shine were key.

The couturier completed the collection in one month, a record by her standards as a designer whose passion for painstaking handiwork knows no bounds.

That doesn’t mean the creations got short shrift, tho