Prabal Gurung sends a 'NY love song' to homeland of Nepal

Prabal Gurung blended his love for his adopted city of New York and his homeland of Nepal in a Fashion Week show featuring psychedelic flower prints imbued with a New York edginess.

Entertainment 17 Feb, 2022

US Veep Kamala Harris wears Prabal Gurung design at inaugural prayer

KATHMANDU: US Vice-President Kamala Harris attended  the virtual national inaugural prayer service in a Prabal Gurung attire. Nepali-American fashion designer Prabal Gurung had designed the dress that Harris had donned at the service. Good...

Travel 22 Jan, 2021

US Embassy to hold virtual concert featuring Arthur Gunn, Swoopna Suman, Trishna Gurung, Samriddhi Rai on June 19

KATHMANDU: Arthur Gunn (Dibesh Pokharel), runner-up of American Idol 2020 along with Nepali musical sensations Swoopna Suman, Trishna Gurung and Samriddhi Rai are set to perform at a virtual concert ‘Bringing Communities Together’ being hosted by...

Travel Abroad 18 Jun, 2020

#DalitLivesMatter: Designer Prabal Gurung calls out caste-based violence in Nepal

KATHMANDU: While Nepali-American designer Prabal Gurung has been supporting the Black Lives Matter movement in America, he has called out caste-based violence that has had everyone talking back home in Nepal. “While I have been completely...

Travel Abroad 07 Jun, 2020

NY-based Nepali origin designer Prabal Gurung joins protest for Black Lives Matter

KATHMANDU: World renowned fashion designer of Nepali origin Prabal Gurung has taken to the streets to be a part of the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Gurung, one of the most woke men in fashion, was at the...

Women 03 Jun, 2020

Prabal Gurung celebrates the churning creative energy of NYC

NEW YORK: In celebration of the grit and eclectic glamour of his adopted New York City, Prabal Gurung staged his New York Fashion Week show Tuesday night at the famed Rainbow Room high above Midtown with his favorite street musician on a piano...

Art & Culture 12 Feb, 2020

Prabal Gurung celebrates the churning creative energy of NYC

NEW YORK:  In celebration of the grit and eclectic glamour of his adopted New York City, Prabal Gurung staged his New York Fashion Week show Tuesday night at the famed Rainbow Room high above Midtown with his favorite street musician on a piano...

Travel Abroad 12 Feb, 2020

Prabal Gurung asks: Who gets to be an American?

NEW YORK: With flower crowns and beauty pageant sashes, Prabal Gurung asked a fundamental question of the day: Who gets to be an American? Adorning his runway Sunday at New York Fashion Week with hanging bouquets mixed with flags from around the...

Women 09 Sep, 2019

Holy haute couture: Divine designs grace carpet at Met Gala

NEW YORK: Divine designs floated up the red carpet at Monday’s religion-themed Met Gala in shimmering golds, reds and fuchsia, in crowns and in crosses, and even a pair of giant wings. One lesson of the night: If anyone can make a mitre...

Travel Abroad 08 May, 2018

Strength of women celebrated at Prabal Gurung

NEW YORK: With Gigi Hadid as his opener and her royally dressed sister, Bella, at the end, Prabal Gurung celebrated the strength, grace and resilience of women in a collection full of vibrant purples, reds and blues, inspired in part by the...

Travel Abroad 12 Feb, 2018

LETTERS: Too much coverage

Apropos of the news story “News media spending a lot of time covering politics” (THT, October 15, Page 3), Ms. Deborah Potter spoke my mind. Our media is indeed wasting too much time over politics. At a college function sometime ago I admitted...

18 Oct, 2017

Ashley Graham is a woman with curves but don�t say plus-size

NEW YORK: Ashley Graham may have curves, but she hates the term plus-size. “Does any woman really just come in and say, ‘I’m a plus-size woman’? Maybe as a defense mechanism or maybe as a way to kind of cope with fitting into society but...

Travel Abroad 14 May, 2017