Fan Qihui

Biography

Fan Qihui was born in Beijing in 1968. At age 10, he entered the Beijing Opera School to study performance, but left five years later. He became a fashion designer and won the silver medal at the Brothers Cup in 1998 and the gold medal at the Yixin Tai Cup in 1999. He studied in France and served as a visiting professor at Tsinghua University and as a craft and design consultant. He founded a studio designing gowns for top celebrities, creating dresses for stars such as Liu Yifei, Fan Bingbing, and Mei Ting. In his spare time, he performed in drag as "Lady Bilangda" in Beijing bars. Director邱炯炯 made a documentary titled "Gū Nǎinai" about his life. Fan Qihui died by suicide at his Beijing home on October 11, 2010.