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Vera Wang has spent more than 25 years in the fashion industry. She is currently 58 years old, with a husband and two adopted children. She still continues to work and has fulfilled many accomplishments that many designers will never come close to. Her business continues to grow, and she maintains her admiration and high level of regard for her elegant and glamorous clothing.
Wang was born June 27th, 1949 in New York City. After growing up in Manhattan, she attended ballet school and soon enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College. During her sophomore year at Sarah Lawrence, she studied abroad in Paris, but returned to the United States to finish her degree in art history.
Wang was an excellent figure skater and competed throughout her teens. She competed in the 1968 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She was actually featured in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” in the January 8, 1968 issue. When she did not make the Unites States Olympic team, she turned to her other passion, fashion. After graduating from college, she began working for Vogue magazine. Within a year, she was promoted to senior fashion editor, and kept this job for the next 15 years. Wang was the youngest ever to take this position, at age 23. In 1987, she left Vogue after being turned down for the Editor-in-Chief position to take a job as Design Director for women’s accessories at Ralph Lauren.
In 1989, after two years of working for Ralph Lauren, Wang planned to marry her longtime boyfriend. She became frustrated with the limited selection of bridal wear, so she sketched her own dress and had it custom made for $10,000. The following year, Wang opened her own bridal boutique in the Carlyle Hotel in New York which featured her trademark bridal gowns. Wang is widely considered the most respected and influential wedding dress designer in the world because her collection has added style and modernity to wedding gowns. Wang’s dresses have been made for Jessica...