here? it s not what you think. but we begin with the biggest trend of the season. call it the asian invasion. today s darlings of the fashion world. i think that this is a phenomena, it s not something that anybody planned. travel the room, one of the hottest right now is from nepal. back in nepal, arts or fashion design for a guy was unheard of. that was then, this is now. . his dresses now line the red carpet, they re on oprah and the first lady. not bad for a designer who only launched his label two years ago. i m a second generation asian. what their parents when they came here first, they either went and became a doctor or an engineer or making it in finance. they did so well that i think
raise. christian dior. then the americans burst on to the scene. donna karen and calvin klein. now some of the hottest designers are of asian descent. what s going on? coincidence or not? call it the asian invasion. jason wu, phillip limb, alexander wang, richard chi. today s darlings of the fashion world. i think that this is a phenomena. it s not something that anybody planned. reporter: one of the hottest right now is from nepal. back home in nepal, arts or fashion design for a guy was unheard of. reporter: that was then. this is now. his dresses now line the red carpet. they re on oprah and the first lady. not bad for a designer who only launched his label two years ago. it s a second generation asians. their parents when they came here first, they either went to
and now some of the hottest designers are of asian decent. what is going on? is this a coincidence or something more? call it the asian invasion. jason wu, philip lin, alexander wang, richard chi. today s darlings of the fashion world. i think that this is a phenome phenomena. it s not something that anybody planned. reporter: one of the hottest right now is from napal. back in napal, arts, fashion design for a guy was unheard of. reporter: that was then, this is now. his dresses now line the red carpet. they re on oprah, and the first lady. not bad for a designer who only launched his label two years ago. it s the second generation asians, you know. their parents when they came here first, they either went to become a doctor or an engineer