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Prabal Gurung’s dream: Designing for the first female US President

The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty" - Inside

(L-R) Prabal Gurung and Alia Bhatt attend The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. Credit: Cindy Ord/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

In this new episode, we continue our conversation with world-renowned fashion designer Prabal Gurung, whose designs have been worn by celebrities including the former US First Lady Michelle Obama and Bollywood star Alia Bhatt. In this second part of the conversation, Gurung takes us down memory lane to his school days at St. Xavier’s in Kathmandu and shares the reactions he received from family friends when he told them of his ambitions in the fashion industry. He also reveals his ultimate dream: to dress the first female President of the United States, while hinting at the designers he would like to dress him. This interview was recorded at SBS’s Federation Square studio during his visit for Melbourne Fashion Week 2026.


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