Flora Kung is Chinese and came to New York at high school age. After winning the Children's Wear Award at Parson's School of Design in New York, Flora left for Paris, was featured in the French ELLE magazine as a young designer to watch. and freelanced for many renown pret-ŕ-porter houses, until her visa ran out.
Upon returning to New York, she founded Flora Kung in mid 80's, but had trouble finding the fabrics and colors she wanted, thus ended up drawing all her prints and mixing her own colors and had them reproduced in silk – a signature of her collections up to this day.
Contrary to her colleagues on 7th Avenue, Flora worked only in silk: “because silk is the most versatile and obedient when it comes to accepting vivid colors and prints."
Fast-forward to the late 80's, despite the fact that Flora stayed away from spotlights and runway shows, Flora Kung had six divisions and distributions in 4 continents, and she was recognized as the true tour-de-force for creating upscale vibrant silk prints.
By the end of the 80's, longing for a break, Flora sold the company and moved "back" to
Paris and started a family. In 2006, Flora resurrected her eponymous label, now she resides and designs from her New England farm.
Besides making sure that her silk line striving carefully in today's economic climate, for Spring 2010, Flora Kung launches "flower by flora kung", a new division offering dresses and tops in silk blend jersey.
For info on Flora's silk dresses and tops, write to: fashion@florakung.com
For info on flower by flora kung, write to: flower@florakung.com
