In September, Prabal Gurung will celebrate the 10th anniversary of his eponymous brand. “It seems like yesterday,” he said of his 2009 beginnings. “But then again, it feels like it all happened to someone else.” Gurung is working on a book about his first decade in business with Abrams. Needless to say, 2019 so far has been a year for reflection.
Resort, the designer said, found him thinking about his woman and his signature details. The collection will be recognizable to his customers, with familiar silhouettes and items like shirtdresses with side cut-outs (they ship with yokes for those who prefer a more discreet look) and dip-dyed, made-in-his-native-Nepal cashmeres. The season’s colors are on the softer, more subtle side than recent offerings; he called them “easier to wear.” On the tailoring front, there was a blush pink tuxedo with a voluptuous bow on its satin revers—a callback to his second-ever collection. The most charming piece was an off-the-shoulder Grecian-ish gown—a rather formal silhouette, made more enticing and relaxed by the flower-print cotton matelassé fabric it was draped in. There’s a lesson in that dress: The best way forward is forward.
