Vera Wang
Vera Wang
Vera Ellen Wangis an American fashion designer based in New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth27 June 1949
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
fashion people ends
People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
athlete years important
The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.
art new-york school
I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.
mother school training
I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
women important littles
It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If women can get anything out of it - a little bit of me or a lot of me, that's what's important.
people creative needs
It's hard to juggle being a businessperson with being a creative person. You have to organize yourself - PR needs me for PR, and the licensing division needs me for licensing, the bridal people need me for bridal.
new-york yang west-coast
New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
funny girl beach
The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!
fire normal routine
My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
fashion real years
I'm only waiting for Lindsay Lohan's fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.
fashion outsiders bridal
I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
sacrifice athletic skating
It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me.
years firsts vogue
All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
fashion clothes lasts
Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.