We′re back in the Himalayas, only now it′s spring. Instead of deep reds, Prabal Gurung used a palette of sunset pastels.
Where last season′s chunky knits inched towards the chin, today′s collaged sweaters are open-weave and asymmetrically draped, exposing a slice of shoulder here, a hipbone there.
And in place of furs and brushed-wool coats, he showed drawstring-waist silk jackets that married his two abiding interests: sport and haute couture. It was the majestic snow-capped peaks that inspired the white flocked satin and gazar jacket which opened his show, and the chiffon party dresses that followed.
Gurung’s sporty side—drawstrings, daring cutaways, and safety-harness belts—gave his dressed-up aesthetic the edge his young sophisticate followers love. A crop of feathered and ruffled dresses came with sportif racer-backs, and knits in punchy mountain-rope brights paired with zippered trekking progressive pants gave a brief glimpse of casual trajectory—that left the audience wanting more.
