Yesterday we stopped by Sephora to get a peep at the new uniforms that Prabal Gurung designed for the store’s “cast members” (aka the perfectly made-up girls and guys who sell you all your beauty must-haves). The uniforms are black with red accents: guys wear a black shirt with red detailing along the shoulder and arms. Girls have a choice of a tunic dress with a back vent (again, red at the shoulders and arms and in the vent’s opening). There’s also a pretty cute tuxedo suit option for the women. They’ll debut in all US Sephora stores in the spring.

Prabal spoke briefly to the small crowd of editors assembled for the presentation, and he is quite charming in person (seriously, his accent is soothing). He told the crowd that when he was a fashion student at Parsons, he would attend fashion shows or events, and use the makeup that he got in his goody bags to do fashion illustrations. He also revealed that while it was challenging to work with some of the guidelines that Sephora gave him, “This particular tunic was something that I’d wanted to do for my own collection for a long time. I’d never had an opportunity.” And that red and black palette? “Red is my favorite color. I’m Aries and I love red!” he said.

We caught up with him for a private chat, where revealed he’d like to extend his brand into beauty: