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Prabal Gurung Takes Mustang To New York

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It was a homecoming of sorts for designer Prabal Gurung, who drew inspiration from his homeland of Nepal for his fall 2014 collection that was presented Saturday during New York Fashion Week.
 
Specifically, he was inspired by the remote Mustang region, where aspects of the local culture have remained unchanged since the 15th century. 
 
Prabal Gurung unveiled his fall/winter 2014 season in the cavernous recesses of New York’s Moynihan Station, watched by a packed house led by style queen Anna Wintour.
 
Gurung, who formed his label in February 2009 after studying in India and New York, has dressed some of the world’s most famous women. He was born on March 31, 1979 in Singapore to Nepali parents and raised in Kathmandu. According to Gurung his new collection was a glimpse of his home.
 
“I wanted to share with the rest of the world a little piece of me. It’s our fifth year now and, you know, show the world a glimpse of where I’m from,” he said. Effervescent and charming, dressed in jeans and a white T-shirt, the 34-year-old was delighted to show off a notice board backstage covered with pictures from his homeland. He travels back to Nepal once a year and loves to trek in the Himalayas, often just with a porter for company to recharge his batteries from the chaos of the jet-set life. 
 
Back in New York from such recent trip, he got further inspiration from oil paintings of friend British artist Cecily Brown, whose prints he also pointed out on the notice board. His show featured pashmina and anklets from Nepal, which were made in Italy, embroidered feathers from India, chiffon from Paris and sunglasses from London.

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