The Nepalese Architect Who Shook New York: Prabal&Nbsp; Gurung

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Born in Singapore, an American designer who grew up in Nepal.

Prabal Gurung

She worked for the US brand Cynthia Rowley and served as the design director of Bill Blass.

After accumulating a lot of design experience, in the winter of 2008, Prabal Gurung, 29, resigned from Bill Blass and put all her savings into her own brand.

In February 2009, he appeared in New York with the brand's first Seiko series.

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The audience was impressed by the thin cashmere coat, woolen or leather men's trousers and the feather ornament on the clothes, which all had the style of Yves Saint Laurent.

The women's wear daily put his red satin single shoulder dress on the cover. Four retailers, including Bloomingdale, ordered their designs. It is obvious that even in the most difficult period, good design will still be popular.

Now, Prabal Gurung has become

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One of the hottest young fashion designers, his design has been well received by Hollywood ladies.

Anne Hathaway, Olivia Palermo, Hilary Rhoda, Kristen Stewart, even the first lady of the United States Michelle Obama, the same choice of the Prabal Prabal dress to attend important occasions.

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Speaking of the original intention of fashion design, Gurung said that it came from his mother's support and influence, no matter when, his mother always had confidence in his design.

For what is often called Nepalese designer, Prabal Gurung wants to be seen as a designer from Nepal rather than Nepalese designer, because he does not want to make the nation a label of his design style.

Nevertheless, he believed that Nepal was his advantage. "Mount Qomolangma and Buddhism made Nepal a beautiful and spiritual place, and it also gave me a source of inspiration."