Prabal Gurung to design airline uniforms

New York Fashion Week designer Prabal Gurung is

the latest fashion designer to be tapped by an airline to create new uniforms for its cabin attendants and ground staff.

Last month Virgin confirmed that Vivienne Westwood is redesigning their Virgin Atlantic uniforms, and this week Prabal Gurung has signed a deal to introduce new uniforms for Japan’s largest airline group, All Nippon Airways to mark the airlines 60th anniversary.

The Singapore-born, US-based designer, who has dressed the likes of Duchess of Cambridge and First Lady Michelle Obama, will create new uniforms to be worn by almost 10,000 ANA staff members that convey a feeling of “new challenges” and “evolution”, as well as conveying a sense of Japanese hospitality. The uniform is to be unveiled in the coming months, and will be rolled out from the second half of 2014.

“It is a great honour to partner with ANA as it celebrates its sixtieth anniversary and enters this new and exciting phase of growth,” commented Gurung. “The new uniform will pay homage to the history of the airline while incorporating a fresh and modern perspective. I have been hugely inspired by this project, particularly incorporating my own personal passion for luxury and glamour with that created by ANA’s Ground Staff and Cabin Attendants during the flight experience.”