Prabal Gurung (centre) with Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif, Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan and director Shakun Batra at a film awards event in 2017

He has dressed Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone and Sonam Kapoor. The New York-based couturier Prabal Gurung also counts Hollywood stars like Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway as his clients. The Nepalese-American designer now reportedly finds himself caught in a controversy after a former employee, Melissa Teitel, alleged that the designer made critical comments about her body and pregnancy.