Prabal Gurung puts a loving focus on the wrong people in the world
Sent by Prabal Gurung New York Fashion Week Models descended on a long, lofty runway on Saturday in the shadow of the United Nations, wearing an explosion of color and hue as a tribute to the world’s bad guys, who are “often followed.” watch and monitor, scrutinize but not see.”
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Designer told the Associated Press that he discovered an industrial space in the former home of the Japanese consulate while cycling on the East Side of Manhattan. He turned it into a white runway that makes the metallic stuff, cramped look, and neon lights pop.
“I wanted to create a space for this particular show where we felt what we were feeling in the culture itself: Not sure politically, culturally, but we still wanted to. hope, want to be optimistic,” he said. “I need to stay close to the UN reminder that our work in fashion will not be done until we are vigilant and vigilant.”
Over the last year, Gurung said, he has seen his hopes and optimism fade as the “status quo, patriarchy” seems to embarrass those who oppose “regressive values”. more than ever.
To find joy and belonging again, he wrote in his show notes, he ventures to the suburbs of New York City, where “style, confidence, nightlife and these younger generations evoke a sense of authenticity that is familiar yet new. the same fire that my mother passed on to me as a boy. “
So how did that translate into his latest clean white runway spring collection?
In a fiery red mini dress. In a jet black bodysuit combined with a pleated chiffon skirt, puffy sleeves. In a white corset Jumpsuit and a mint blouse just enough to wear with a black sheepskin mini skirt by Ella Emhoff, the Vice President’s stepdaughter Kamala Harris.
He calls his interests “my family, my tribe, my friends” whose interests are often exploited. As a creator, Gurung said, the pandemic has reaffirmed his need to tell stories rather than simply send clothes down the runway.
His story continues in a vibrant pink dress of hand-embroidered sequins and multicolored ostrich feathers, an acid wash denim fabric. Blazer and a black mesh and fuchsia goddess robe. There was a light pink and black tulle cloak, and another light blue and black cloak. There are shorts and a lilac one-shoulder top.
He wears sheer cobalt blue trousers with an equally long-sleeve blouse in a plaid shirt that opens to reveal a black top bralette moved with the model like so many of his liquid shapes did. It’s definitely another direction for Gurung.
“Instead of just doing a regular show, I wanted to create an experience,” he told the AP. “The narrator is the healer.”
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