Prabal Gurung Bio, Family, Career, Girlfriend, Net Worth, Metrics

Prabal Gurung is a Nepali fashion designer and philanthropist. During Fashion Week in February 2009, he launched his own line called PRABAL GURUNG, along with the FLAG Art Collection. He had worked under fashion designers like Donna Karan, Cynthia Rowley and Bill Blass. He has won several awards, including the Ecco Domani Fashion Fund Award in 2010.

Additionally, he had designed beautiful and elegant dresses for wealthy celebrities, including former US First Lady Michelle Obama, Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, TV personality Oprah Winfrey, as well as Bollywood beauties. Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone. As a philanthropist, he has joined several charity campaigns and events like a campaign called “Stop Asian Hate”.

PRABAL GURUNG: BIO, FAMILY, CAREER

The popular fashion designer was born on March 31, 1979 under the zodiac sign Aries, in Singapore to Nepalese parents. He was raised in Kathmandu by his mother Durga Rana but no information about his father. Also, her mother is a former shop owner. He has two older siblings: a brother, Pravesh Rana Gurung, an Indian director, and his older sister, Kumudini Shrestha, a teacher and social worker.

He holds dual Nepalese and American citizenship and is of Asian (Nepali) ethnicity. Regarding his education, he studied in a Jesuit school named St. Xavier’s School at Jawalakhel in Kathmandu, Nepal. After graduating, he entered the fashion world and earned a bachelor’s degree in hospitality management from the National Council of Hospitality Management, Restaurant Technology and Applied Nutrition.

To fulfill his dream job, he traveled to one of the biggest cities of New Delhi in India. There he attended the National Institute of Fashion Technology and worked under Indian fashion designer Manish Arora. In 1990 he dreamed more, and to realize it he moved to New York. Then he attended the Parsons School of Design and studied under an internship with Donna Karan.

He had also worked for five years under the late fashion designer Bill Blass as design director. In February 2009, he released his PRABAL GURUNG collection during fashion week with the FLAG Art Collection. Other than that, he has worked with Lane Bryant (2017), Target (2013), and MAC Cosmetics (2014). He had also worked as a designer for first lady Michelle Obama and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton.

PRABAL GURUNG: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

As for his relationship status, he is probably single and enjoying his single days. Also, it has been speculated about his sexual orientation, however, he revealed his sexual orientation during an event in Kathmandu Valley in 2018. In 2019, he was reportedly in a relationship with Indian filmmaker Karan Johar as he has posted pictures with him. . After some time, he cleared the air saying that he was not dating Karan but Karan was like family to him.

Besides being a dsigner, he is also a passionate philanthropist. He founded a non-profit program called Shikshya Foundation in Nepal in 2012 which focused on benefiting underprivileged children in Nepal. Following the 2015 earthquake, he set up a relief fund for earthquake victims in Nepal at the time which raised nearly a million in funds.

PRABAL GURUNG: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

He has earned a huge amount of money from his career as a fashion designer. The veteran designer has designed dresses from Hollywood to Bollywood as well as his hometown. Hence, he has an estimated net worth of around $3 million from his successful career.

He is active on different social media platforms with verified accounts on different social media platforms. On Instagram, he has an @prabalgurung account with 874,000 followers. He has a @prabalgurung Twitter account with 215.8k followers. Also, he has an unverified account under his name with over 161,000 followers.

PRABAL GURUNG: BODY MEASUREMENTS

Mr. Gurung has a slim and well groomed body which measures 40 inches in chest, 30 inches in waist and 14 inches in biceps size. His body measures 5 feet 9 meters or 1.75 m and weighs about 72 kg. He has black eye color as well as the same hair color.