A true globe-trotter through and through, Prabal Gurung combines an internationally trained eye with universal appeal. Born in Singapore, raised in Nepal and trained in London, Melbourne and New York — by luminaries from Manish Arora and Donna Karan — this acclaimed upstart worked for Cynthia Rowley’s design team and served as design director for Bill Blass before launching his own namesake collection. Marrying old world technique with cutting edge modern architecturalism, Gurung is one designer we plan to keep tabs on.

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Dan Flavin’s light installation, Richard Serra, The Cooper Union building, Urs Fischer at the New Museum, the Boom Boom Room at The Standard (soon to be QT), Sugarland in Brooklyn, Marlow and Sons oysters, The Last Magazine, Carey Mulligan, Demi Moore always and forever, Philip Crangi’s store in the meatpacking district, La Roux…
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