Nepali fashion designer Prabal Gurung designs dresses for the likes of Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey. This year he has taken out the Swarovski Award for Womenswear 2011 at the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards, beating other nominees including the Olsen sisters and Joseph Altuzarra. He was recently appointed as a goodwill ambassador for Maiti Nepalwhich is run by Anuradha Koirala, CNN Hero of the Year 2010. Well done Prabal!
Nepali fashion designer Prabal Gurungdesigns dresses for the likes of Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey. This year he has taken out the Swarovski Award for Womenswear 2011 at the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards, beating other nominees including the Olsen sisters and Joseph Altuzarra. He was recently appointed as a goodwill ambassador for Maiti Nepalwhich is run by Anuradha Koirala, CNN Hero of the Year 2010. Well done Prabal!
History
Prabal Gurung launched his first collection under his own name during New York Fashion Week in February 2009 at the FLAG Art Foundation in Chelsea. For Fall 2010, he staged his first runway show in the Tents at Bryant Park. Gurung's designs have been worn by Michelle Obama, Demi Moore, Zoe Saldana and Oprah Winfrey. Gurung resides in New York City.
Biography
Gurung was born in Singapore and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal. He went to St. Xavier's school a reputed Catholic Jesuit school in Kathmandu from where he finished his high school. Prabal began his design career in New Delhi, India. While studying at New Delhi’s National Institute of Fashion Technology, he apprenticed at several local production and fashion houses and designed with Manish Arora. In Melbourne and London Gurung assisted stylists for fashion shows and international publications. In 1999 Gurung moved to New York City where he interned for Donna Karan while attending Parsons School of Design. In his first year he was awarded the “Best Designer” title at the annual Parsons/FIT design competition.
After Parsons, Gurung spent two years with Cynthia Rowley’s design team. Soon after, he became the design director at Bill Blass. Following five successful years at Blass, Gurung launched his own collection PRABAL GURUNG. In 2010 he was the recipient of the Ecco Domani Fashion Fund Award and received a nomination for the 2010 CFDA Swarovski Womenswear Award. He was also chosen by prominent fashion editors, retailers, designers and business people for the {CFDA Fashion Incubator} for 2010-2012. In November 2010, Prabal was awarded runner up for the 2010 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund.
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