Vera Wang
Vera Wang was born in New York City, New York, United States on June 27th, 1949 and is the Fashion Designer. At the age of 74, Vera Wang biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Vera Ellen Wang (born June 27, 1949) is an American fashion designer based in New York City.
Early life
Vera Ellen Wang was born in New York City in 1949 to Chinese parents who immigrated to the United States in the mid- 1940s. Florence Wu (Wu Chifang) worked as a translator for the United Nations, while her father, Cheng Ching Wang (Wang Chengqing), a graduate of Yanjing University and MIT, owns a medicine business. Kenneth Wang has one brother, Kenneth.
Wang began skating in Denver at the age of eight, working with Peter Dunfield and Sonya Klopfer in the summers and with the Skating Club of New York during the rest of the year. She trained with pairs partner James Stuart while in high school and represented the United States at the 1968 National Championships. The Figure Skating Championships have been held in the United States. In the January 9, 1968 issue, she was featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd. She entered the fashion industry after failing to make the US Olympics team. "Skating is multidimensional," Wang says of skating.
Wang, a graduate of Chapin School in 1967, attended the University of Paris, and obtained a degree in art history from Sarah Lawrence College.
Wang was born in 1968 at the International Debutante Ball in Astoria New York, as a debutante to high society.
Personal life
Wang married investor Arthur P. Becker in June 1989 in an interfaith Baptist and Jewish wedding service. They have two children, both of whom were adopted. The couple announced their separation in July 2012.
Career
Wang was hired to be an editor at Vogue right after graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, making her the youngest editor at the journal. She stayed with Vogue for 17 years before deciding to join Ralph Lauren in 1987, where she spent two years. She resigned and became an independent bridal wear designer at 40.
Wang has made wedding gowns for celebrities including Hayley Williams, Ariana Grande, Chelsea Clinton, Karenna Gore, Ivanka Trump, Campbell Brown, Kerry Brown, Margaret Keys, Mariah Carey, Avril Gellar, Hilary Duff, Khloe Kardashian, and Kim Kardashian. Michelle Obama's evening attire has also been modeled by Wang.
Nancy Kerrigan (1992 and 1994), Michelle Kwan (1998 and 2002), Evan Lysacek (2010), and Nathan Chen (2018 and 2022). Wang was admitted to the United States and was inducted into the United States. In 2009, the figure Skating Hall of Fame was inducted into the sport as a costume designer. She created the uniforms worn by the Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders.
Vera Wang on Weddings, her book was published on October 23, 2001. She was named National Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Womenswear Designer of the Year in June 2005. Wang received the André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Savannah College of Art and Design on May 27, 2006.
Many red carpet functions, including Viola Davis at the 2012 Academy Awards and Sofia Vergara at the 65th Emmy Awards, have all worn Wang's evening attire.
In 2013, she was given the Council of Fashion Designers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.
Wang reached an agreement with Kohl's, a chain of department stores, to produce a less expensive style of ready-to-wear clothing exclusive to them, entitled Simply Vera.
Forbes named her 34th in the list of America's Top Self-Made Women 2018, with sales up to $630 million in that year.
Vera Wang returned to the New York Fashion Week runway on September 10, 2019, after a sabbatical of two years during which she had only seen her collections via film, marking her brand's 30th anniversary. The show received rave reviews, with Godfrey Deeny describing it as a "notable collection by one of the few New York designers with a truly unique fashion DNA," while Bridget Foley describing Wang's creations as "Beautiful, seriously conceived clothing presented with confidence." However, several major shoe malfunctions marred the show, particularly during the finale, including Fei Sun, who collapsed twice in a row, leading fashion critic Vanessa Friedman to state that "no woman should be tortured by what she wears."