Fashion career profile

Prabal Gurung

Prabal Gurung is a Singapore-born, Nepal-raised American designer whose career spans New Delhi, New York and luxury collaborations in Asia. After beginning his design career in New Delhi, he moved to New York to complete his studies at Parsons. He spent two years with Cynthia Rowley’s design and production teams before becoming design director at Bill Blass, where he worked for five years. Gurung launched his own collection in February 2009. His work has combined a polished American runway vocabulary with collaborations across retail, beauty and accessories; the label’s official biography lists projects with Target, MAC Cosmetics, TOMS and Lane Bryant. In 2011 he received the CFDA Swarovski Award for Womenswear. In 2017, Japanese jeweller Tasaki named him Global Creative Director, a separate appointment from his own label. Because the official biography does not state the end date of that collaboration, this profile does not describe it as a current role. The career record distinguishes his early design employment, founder-led label and external creative-director work rather than collapsing them into one position.

Role
Founder & Creative Director, Prabal Gurung
Nationality
Singaporean-American
Age
52