Prabal Gurung
Appearances
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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As they should. Well, this is a good-looking audience. First of all, let's just say that. And then thank you very much.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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This is a good-looking audience. It is. And also, don't you think he looks better now? OK. Just saying. Just saying. You follow the style guru, and you look good. No, I don't know what happened. I don't know.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
You're the champ. Oh, thank you very much. Thank you.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
I would say dreaming, impossible dreams, delusion, a whole lot of it, you know. And I would say an incredibly, incredibly supportive mother and siblings who believe in all your craziest dreams and say, you know, you're worth it.
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Because I have a head on my shoulders. Let's just start with that. And you know, not only do I love her, I like her. My mom is incredible. She's the best from that. Wait, hang on, hang on.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Give me some time.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
You know, the funny thing is I'm looking at you. Why? I can't get over how great you look in this. Thank you.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Wait, but the real question to you is, how does the cleavage feel? No.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Well, don't you think we should be equal in everything? So, like, if we're talking about equality, why not let us show our, you know, cleavages?
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
100%, 100%.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
I tell you, here's the thing. My mom saw me in full capacity in my joy, in my sorrows and everything and accepted me for who I am. You know, she always she never once judged me. Let's just put it this way.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
I wasn't. I was an incredibly effeminate kid that I loved dressing up in my sister's clothes. And my mom was like, you know, and I asked her recently, why did you allow me? And she said, you know, I looked at your face and the joy that you had. I could not deny it. And she was like, you know, and yes. That's how I feel. Yeah, exactly.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
I also talk to my mom every morning. You know, she lives in Nepal in New York right now. She's in Nepal. So I'll talk to her. I'll call her. Sometimes it's a deep conversation. Sometimes just like, you know, what do you eat? But my mother is someone who is...
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Looking at her, watching her, you know, raising us, like my siblings and I, alone, single-handedly, and then with such elegance and such, you know, like, I would say unbowed and unapologetically, was my first, you know, lesson in elegance and resilience. And I always keep on saying this. Watching her, I realize, you know, elegance is not a posture, it's a practice.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
You know, it was so, is it too heavy for you? No, I'm trying to... Should I just bring it down? So basically, Ronnie, you know...
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Mom good or bad? That's all I want. No, no, no. What's better than this? It's phenomenal. She's great, yeah. Okay, we get it. You love your mom, she loves you back. You don't love your mom.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
I can't believe this is so new to my mother's day. When is Mother's Day? I'm just kidding.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
There's one American one.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
So it's like... Yeah. No, she is the spine behind my back. She's the reason why I'm here. And she's also one of the... She's the person who convinced me to come here.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
not just fashion designers, to anyone. I would just say, just don't worry about the boxes. In the world that's obsessed with applause and who is continuously needing validations, if you can love yourself without it, that's the first step. Because in that freedom, there's a liberation. So I would say, don't worry about what people say. Just do what you make mistakes. Do what you want.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
And be curious and read. That's all I would say.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
No, but when they hear the truth, people should be applauding.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Right, AOL.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Yeah, I mean, it's changed. In the 90s or early 2000s, it was very, I would say experimental. There were a lot of artists. I lived around East Village and Lower East Side, so there was all the, I'll never forget. The first time I went to Cafe Jeton, I sat there, and I was writing something, and I looked over, and it was David Bowie. It was like that.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
New York, you'd walk into, there'd be Chloe Sevigny, there'd be Marc Jacobs, and all of a sudden, there's someone like, It was just this... Oh, another story I will just say is when I went to Indochina one time, the first time I remember, it was Salman Rushdie, Padma Lakshmi, and a porn star in the other table. And to me, that was like, that's exactly what New York is.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
And the fashion was so, like, kind of... Whoa, whoa, whoa, sorry, sorry.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
because it was before internet so no no because because he was dating a friend of mine oh that's how i know your friend told you yeah and so that it was magic because magic in the air it was magical magic it was magical experimental it was and now it's not now it is it is now i think at that time i would say it was you you know you kind of dress up for yourself like and obviously for your friends and everything now you're dressing up for everyone on internet right so you kind of lose your identity and that's bad right that's that's not great
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
I mean, I think anytime you need outside validation constantly that you can't exist without it, then it's bad. But sometimes just to play around with people, that's fine.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Fashion and culture, you and I wouldn't be sitting like this. The people who, how we look, wouldn't be here. In fashion also, it has completely expanded the idea of beauty, who gets to be on a runway, the sizes, the race, you know? And that's what it is. So while, yes. While we can sit down and talk about it, there are a lot of issues about it.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
What I'm trying to look at is the progress that it has made. Obviously, we have a long way to go. There would be no conversation about the curvy models. I remember when I was working at Bill Blass, it used to be like, oh, you have one Asian model, two black models, that's enough. Now you don't even talk like that. Now you don't think about it.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
That's a job. I don't think, A, a lot of influencers are my friends. Oh, okay, I'm sorry. No, I don't think they're stupid, okay? Right, right. And I think they are really smart people. Because it's business. It's a different kind of business.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Yeah, but then what happens is fashion should always be democratic. A housewife in, let's say, Minnesota can be looking at a red carpet on Met Gala and be like, you know what? I don't like it. I like it. I would never wear it. You're participating. That's why fashion is amazing. But then within that, you start to find your own niche. You start to find your own world.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
And high fashion is high fashion because it's all hype and it's also a lot of craft in there. But fashion is for everyone. And that's what we're living in right now.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
And we can both hang out.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Because of my mother.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
This is your, this is your.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Oh, I'm sorry. It's an ensemble because it is, there's a white halter cotton mini dress underneath and this is like a silk wool, you know, pannier dress.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Okay. It was inspired by her. Okay.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
So the influence of the super fine tailoring was the theme this year. And I kind of wanted to take someone like Tessa who really experiments with her role in film and everything and also in fashion. Kind of like take... and abstract the menswear aspect of it. That's why if you look at it, this is a very traditional tuxedo here, all of these, this whole area.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
And then we paired it with something that's an old school pannier, those petticoats. So we did that. It's almost an eight, which is a good, lucky number for me anyway. And then this is a latex tie. There's a little bit of subversion that I always like. And the back is completely open. And you can't really see it. Actually, you can see. This is all hand-stitched, this.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
So it looks like just a dress with an ensemble that's really, and this is all made in New York. That's what 90% of my stuff we make in New York.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Guess what? We don't have to worry about tariffs.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Oh, wait.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
And you could have come... Actually, next show, maybe you should come out instead of me.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Trust me, you'll be addicted to it. Why do you think we do gazillion shows? So tell me about this. All right, so this is, again, silk wool. This is like a men's shirt. It's almost like this idea for tuxedo. At the end of the night, you open it up, the bow tie, and it's like, I always find that kind of sexy, like you've had a good time. Clearly. Clearly. There you go. Exactly.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
I don't believe in that. I don't believe in closing anything. Just be open. And this is actually, we call it a dhoti pants. So it's this, it's like in a shape, balloon-shaped pants. Now this whole color pieces, I love it together because this is very Americana. You know, like, this, like, tuxedo, men's shirt. And this is very from our part of the world, from India and Nepal.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
So this idea, I always do it, is, like, West meeting the East. Not East meeting the West. It's West meeting the East. You know, just wanted to put it out there.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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Yeah. And then this is, like, a cashmere cardigan that's made in Nepal. And it was styled by my friend Tina, who's here, actually. Oh, wow. Way to go. Way to go. So...
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
It is a dandruff.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
Okay, so anyway, I would say, okay, let's start with good. So what is that? What did you just circle there?
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
I think so. It's a layer of his. Or it's like, you know, when you press something too much. No, I think his skin is rejected. Yeah.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
No, and you know what it's representing to me is really who he is. Like, you know, confused. You know, that's what I would say. But good hair, though. Good hair. I would say the hair is good.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
We do comment head to toe, just so that you know. Fair enough.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
But... Demna, who used to design Balenciaga, might disagree with me. It's very much like layer upon layer upon layer of shirts. They're trying to, yeah. But as I said, he's trying to hide something. I don't know what it is.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
But also, you have seen why. Why?
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
What's... Failure to launch.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
It's a slogan. It's some political slogan. I mean... And we all believe in that, but in a sense, but not their way. Sure. Yeah. Sure. Not again, actually. Yeah. Yeah. Do we? Not really.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
The fit? Yeah. The fit, the issue is the fit. You know, we call it in fashion, we call it like a, it's like a shift, not a tight dress, but it's like a mini dress. You know, like, you know, so it's like a, that shape is, look at that. It's like very like 60s, you know, this is almost like 60s, I would say. I mean, I would say his views are also like the 60s.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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That's what she would, yeah, yeah.
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OK. Yeah. OK. And this print is really nice. OK. It could be a good earrings. OK. And then this drape. Let's see. Yeah. I would say that.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Kristi Noem Plots Citizenship Hunger Games & Kash Patel Drops Epstein News | Prabal Gurung
This is, what I'm trying to do is like literally trying to make it into like 60s shift dress, very mod. So if that's what the case is, it's very like almost like, then I can see like, like it was. It's very Jackie Onassis if you, yeah. Dude, that's what I saw. Exactly that. See, I think you're in the wrong career. You should be a fashion designer. Yeah.