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Infobox Fashion Designer

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caption= Wang at the 2009 premiere of ''City Island''
name=Vera Wang
nationality=American
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birth_place=New York City, New York, U.S.
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education= The Chapin School
Sarah Lawrence College
spouse = Arthur Becker
children = Cecilia - (b. 1990)
Joesphine - (b. 1993)
label_name=Vera Ellen Wang
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awards= CFDA's womenswear designer of the year, 2005; André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award

Vera Ellen Wang (; born June 27, 1949) is an American fashion designer based in New York. She is known for her wedding gown collection.

Personal life

Vera Ellen Wang was born and raised in New York City,and is of Chinese descent. Her parents were born in Shanghai, China, and came to the United States in the mid-1940s. Her mother worked as a translator for United Nations, while her father owned a medicine company. She has one younger brother, Kenneth. After graduating from The Chapin School in 1967, she attended the University of Paris and earned a degree in art history from Sarah Lawrence College. While in high school, Wang trained as a figure skater with pairs partner James Stuart, and competed at the 1968 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She was featured in ''Sports Illustrated'''s Faces in the Crowd in the January 9, 1968 issue. She married Arthur Becker in 1989. They reside in Manhattan with their two daughters: Cecilia (born 1990), who currently attends the University of Pennsylvania, and Josephine (born 1993), who currently attends The Chapin School. Becker is the CEO of an information technology services company called NaviSite. Becker's niece is actress Emmy Rossum.

Career

Wang was a senior fashion editor for ''Vogue'' for sixteen years. In 1985, she left ''Vogue'' after being turned down for the editor-in-chief position currently filled by Anna Wintour and joined Ralph Lauren as a design director for two years. In 1990, she opened her own design salon in the Carlyle Hotel in New York that features her trademark bridal gowns. Wang has made wedding gowns for Chelsea Clinton, Ali Larter, Alyssa Milano, Elin Nordegren, Mariah Carey, Sophia Bush, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, Ivanka Trump, Thalía, Jessica Simpson, Hilary Duff, Avril Lavigne, Victoria Beckham, Khloe Kardashian, Jennifer Garner, Sharon Stone, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Uma Thurman, Holly Hunter, La La Vasquez, Danielle Jonas, Campbell Brown, among various other celebrities. She has designed costumes for figure skaters, including Nancy Kerrigan, Michelle Kwan and Evan Lysacek. Silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan wore a unique design of Vera's for the 1994 Olympics. She designed the two-piece uniforms currently worn by the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders. In the ''Sex and the City'' TV series, Charolotte York found Wang's wedding dress to be the perfect wedding dress, and wore it for her wedding to Trey MacDougal. In the ''Sex and the City movie'', Vera Wang was featured amongst the bridal gowns Carrie Bradshaw wore in her ''Vogue'' photo shoot. In "Bride Wars", Wang designed the wedding gowns that Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson wore. Wang has expanded her brand name through her fragrance, jewelry, eyewear, shoe and houseware collections. On October 23, 2001, her book, ''Vera Wang on Weddings'', was released. In June 2005, she won the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Womenswear Designer of the Year. On May 27, 2006, Wang was awarded the André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Savannah College of Art and Design. In 2002, Vera Wang began to enter the home fashion industry and launched The Vera Wang China and Crystal Collection, followed by the 2007 release of her diffusion line called Simply Vera, which are sold exclusively by Kohl's. Wang was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2009, and was honored for her contribution to the sport as a costume designer. Twenty years after opening her first bridal boutique, Wang was awarded the Leadership in the Arts Award by the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association. She accepted the award on April 17, 2010 at ''Identities'', the Harvard association's annual charity fashion show.

Filmography

Television

''Project Runway'' as a guest judge (2006)
''Ugly Betty'' as herself (episode: A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding) (2007)
''The Apprentice'' as herself (2008)
''Keeping up with the Kardashians'' as herself (episode: The Wedding) (2009)

Movies

''First Daughter'' (2004) as herself
''The September Issue'' (2009) as herself

Books

Vera Wang, ''Vera Wang on Weddings'', HarperCollins, October 2001 (ISBN 9780688162566).

References

External links

Official website

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