Alexander Wang has moved from the bathroom to the boarding school for Fall/Winter 2014. Of the campaign, which was shot by Steven Klein and styled by Karl Templer at St. Cecilia’s school in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Wang says: “I went to boarding school for five years so there was a familiarity to the environment for me. The idea of survival at a reformation camp was the theme of the campaign. In those limiting environments, there are always temptations to rebel, to react and to test yourself.” While the setting may be different for Fall, Wang kept a familiar face around: Anna Ewers, the stunning blonde, who starred in his Spring/Summer 2014 campaign (posing on a bathroom floor in one of the shots, as you may recall). She is joined by Vanessa Moody, Kaitlin Aas, Kat Hessen and Lexi Boling. See the campaign in its entirety below …

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With his company’s fifth anniversary approaching, Nepal-born, NYC-based design darling Prabal Gurung has revealed that he has not only mastered his aesthetic (stocking at Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman, Kirna Zabete, and a handful of retailers worldwide) but he has also developed the ability to communicate with a larger audience, something that is absolutely essential nowadays in fashion and beyond. Today, he released his Fall/Winter 2014 ad campaign (see in its entirely after the break below), the second-ever print ad for his eponymous label. The first came this January, shot by Daniel Jackson, styled by Gurung’s longtime collaborator Tina Laakkonen, and featuring model Liya Kebede. Much like they did in anticipation of the launch of his Spring/Summer 2014 campaign, Gurung’s team took to social media (namely, Instagram and Twitter) to share teasers with the brand’s fans (us included), who have been eagerly awaiting its official launch. Prompted by a handful of puzzle piece-like photos (one of the model’s neck, another of her cheek, her eyes, etc.), fans have flocked to the brand’s Instagram page to share their guesses as to who the campaign’s star  is. The brand did announce, after all, that it is awarding the first three individuals who guessed correctly a piece from the designer’s Fall/Winter 2014 collection, a contest it announced on Instagram. Gurung, who is still quite a young designer, certainly knows how to engage his audience and the F/W ad campaign release (and his select collaboration collections) clearly demonstrates this.

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