PRABAL GURUNG

 

PRABAL GURUNG FALL 2014 CAMPAIGN

 

FW14 CAMPAIGN CREDITS

 

Photographer DANIEL JACKSON

Featuring ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY of IMG

Creative Director CHRISTOPHER SIMMONDS

Styling ELIN SVAHN

KENZO FW14'

MYSTERIOSO

 

"DAVID LYNCH HAS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND INSIGHTFUL DIRECTORS, ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS OF OUR TIME. HIS IMAGINATION AND INGENUITY CAN STIMULATE FORGOTTON EMOTIONS THROUGH HIS CANNY USE OF WHATEVER MEDIUM HE CHOOSES.

FOLLOWING OUR MEN’S AND PRE-FALL COLLECTIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE KENZO WOMEN’S FALL-WINTER 2014 COLLECTION IS THE CRESCENDO IN A TRILOGY OF COLLECTIONS INSPIRED BY HIS OEUVRE. WORKING WITH HIM ON THE SET DESIGN AND MUSIC FOR THIS SHOW, WE FIND OURSELVES DRAWN INTO THE HEAD OF THE CREATOR, AND EXPLORE THE VARIOUS BEAUTIFUL, IDIOSYNCRATIC AND ELLIPTICAL CHARACTERS HE DREAMT UP FOR HIS MYRIAD OF WORKS. WE DELVE INTO THE BODY OF PIECES WHICH HAVE PORTRAYED LOVE, REVENGE, THE STRANGE AND MYSTERIOUS WITH EQUAL CANDOR.

“I REALLY LIKED WORKING WITH HUMBERTO, CAROL AND THE PEOPLE AT KENZO. I WANTED TO TRY TO GET A DIFFERENT FEEL FOR A RUNWAY SHOW, HAVING MYSTERY AND EMOTION SWIMMING TOGETHER.”

DAVID LYNCH

 

 

"OUR SILHOUETTE HOLDS CONTRASTS IN VOLUME, AND EVERYTHING IS AMPLIFIED. LEAN AND TALL OR HIGH-WAISTED AND EXAGGERATED, THE STRUCTURE REMAINS RESOLUTELY, ULTRA-FEMININE. COLLARS ARE REINTERPRETED, BLOWN UP AND TIED AROUND THE WAIST AS NONCHALANTLY AND INTIMATELY AS THE APPROPRIATION OF A MANS COAT. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WILD AT HEART AND WEIRD ON TOP. TOOL CREATURES, PRINTED AND EMBROIDERED ONTO JACKETS, SKIRTS AND PANTS COME IN WOODS, METALS AND PERSPEX. TAILORED SUITS ARE QUILTED WITH DOWN.

FOX FUR COATS IN “WILD LULA LIME”, “LAURA LILAC” AND “MIDNIGHT DOROTHY” TRANSFORM WITH DETACHABLE PANELING. LACQUERED TWILL JACKETS IN FLAME INJECT FIRE COLORS TO THE PALETTE. SKIRTS AND DRESSES WITH SHAVED KANGAROO ARE PAIRED AND LAYERED WITH CROSS COATS AND EMBROIDERED AND SHREDDED ORGANZA. FOILED MOHAIR GROSGRAIN RIBBONS
APPEAR AS BELTS AND AS INSERTS ON TROUSERS. PRINTS THIS SEASON COME IN WARPED VERSIONS OF HABITUAL VISTAS, THE DAVID LYNCH HERRING-BONE FLOORING AND REFLECTIONS OF A MOUNTAIN IN SHATTERED GLASS. A LAYERED ORGANZA ADDS A 3-D EFFECT TO SKIRTS AND TOPS. SWEATERS FEATURE HIGH DEFINITION TRYPTIC EMBROIDERY AND METALLIC FOILING.

FOR ACCESSORIES WE WERE INSPIRED BY A NORTHWESTERN AMERICAN STEELWORKER’S VESTIARY. SAFETY BOOTS IN PONY AND RUBBERIZED LEATHER FEATURE TRAPEZE BUCKLES IN COPPER OR MATTE METAL. THE KALIFORNIA IS REVISITED AS A TOTE FOR FALL IN KNIT, WOOL OR PRINTED QUILTED NYLON. POCHETTES IN NYLON AND FUR TRIMMINGS WALK ALONGSIDE THOSE INSCRIBED WITH THE TIMELESS “FOREVER, NO?”.

HUMBERTO LEON & CAROL LIM

Carol Lim & Humberto Leon

Kenzo Takada

Atlanta De Cadenet & Prabal Gurung

Delfina Delettrez

Tao OKOMOTO

Jessica Alba

Mademoiselle Yulia

Rila Fukushima

Cr. Kessler Studio

PRABAL GURUNG

Fall 2013 Digital Campaign featuring Bridget Hall

 

 

Credits

 

Photographer DANIEL JACKSON

Featuring BRIDGET HALL of ONE MANAGEMENT

Creative Director CHRISTOPHER SIMMONDS

Styling TIINA LAAKKONEN

Design Director TYLER ROSE

Hair ESTHER LANGHAM @ ART & COMMERCE

Makeup HANNAH MURRAY @ ART & COMMERCE

Production NIKKI STROMBERG

Digital Tech KAREN GROSS

Photo Assistant 1 KIT LEUZARDER

Photo Assistant 2 SAM NIXON

Location PIER 59 STUDIOS

Shoes CASADEI FOR PRABAL GURUNG

Eyewear PRABAL GURUNG FOR LINDA FARROW PROJECTS

Leather ZANA BAYNE FOR PRABAL GURUNG

 

 

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Pier 59 Studios, Stewart Searle, MAP Inc., Tahra Collins, Susan Goldberg, Scott Lipps, May Eu, Nina

Soriano, David Colvin, Christina Querica

 

Innovative and with a unique design perspective, Prabal Gurung has made his mark on the world of fashion as a truly artistic designer and visionary.

Gurung was born in Singapore and raised in the Kingdom of Nepal's Kathmandu. It was in Delhi, India that his design career truly began to take off. While studying at New Delhi's National Institute of Fashion Technology, he apprenticed at several loc...

al production and fashion houses and designed with Manish Arora. Gurung's travels took him to Melbourne and London, where he assisted stylists for various fashion shows and international publications. His transcontinental crossings provided the perfect base for unique experiences in the industry's most eclectic fashion meccas. In 1999, after seven years of trotting the globe, Gurung moved to New York City. He began his career in New York interning for Donna Karen while attending the city's prestigious Parsons School of Design. In his first year, he was awarded the "Best Designer" title at the annual Parsons/Fit design competition. Soon after, he garnered rave reviews for his work in design from media outlets such as CBS News, Paper Magazine, and The New York Times.

After Parsons, Gurung spent two years with Cynthia Rowley's design team, which allowed him to gain even more invaluable experience on both the design and business end of New York's highly competitive fashion scene. Soon after, he became the design director at Bill Blass. After five successful years, Gurung left his post at Blass to launch his own collection, PRABAL GURUNG.