- Prabal Gurung is known for his role on The Fashion Fund, during which he appeared with his brand, Prabal Gurung. Founded by the legendary Anna Wintour, The Fashion Fund is a documentary-style TV show featuring behind-the-scenes action from the Council of Fashion Designers of America and the Vogue Competition for young designers.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- Prabal Gurung was born in Singapore and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal. After beginning his design career in New Delhi, he moved to New York to finish his studies at Parsons The New School for Design. Upon graduating, Gurung spent two years with Cynthia Rowley's design and production teams. Soon after, he was appointed design director at the iconic Bill Blass, a post he held for five years until launching his own collection, PRABAL GURUNG in 2009.
A focus on quality and innovation has placed Gurung at the forefront of American fashion with designs worn by leading ladies including First Lady Michelle Obama and The Duchess of Cambridge, to name a few. Notable accolades include the 2010 Ecco Domani Fashion Fund Award, 2010 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund runner up, USA Network's Character Approved Award recipient in 2011, named goodwill ambassador of Maiti Nepal, a finalist of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, recipient of the 2011 CFDA Swarovski Award for Womenswear and was honored in 2015 with the inaugural Creativity Award from The Drawing Center. Gurung was the official 2013 designer collaborator for Target, launched a product collaboration with MAC Cosmetics in 2014, collaborated on a collection with TOMS to support Shikshya Foundation Nepal in 2016, launched a capsule with Lane Bryant in February 2017 and was named the Global Creative Director of Tasaki in September 2017. In November 2019, Gurung was named the first ever Honorary Designer of the National Portrait Gallery Celebration at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, and published his first coffee table book.
Prabal Gurung is known for his role on The Fashion Fund, during which he appeared with his brand, Prabal Gurung. Founded by the legendary Anna Wintour, The Fashion Fund is a documentary-style TV show featuring behind-the-scenes action from the Council of Fashion Designers of America and the Vogue Competition for young designers.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Prabal Gurung
- A highly acclaimed couturier. His designs have been worn by many famous women, notably - and often - by Michelle Obama as First Lady.
- The women I like dressing always have to have a strength of mind and real character. Kate (the Duchess of Cambridge), like the First Lady, is representative of that ideal. She is very democratic in the way she dresses...poised, looking like she's enjoying herself, and holding on to her integrity.
- I've only wanted to create clothes that make women look beautiful. I don't chase what's cool.
- It saddens me to see the reality-television shows that are getting so much fanfare, that are a celebration of stupidity and the degradation of women. Those women are consistently wearing too short, too tight, dresses. I hope the trend of aging gracefully returns.
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