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
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.
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.
years firsts vogue
All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
years design frustrated
I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well. I know it instinctively. But all the years I was designing, it frustrated me that I could reach so few women.
moving thinking years
All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it.
exercise years looks
It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
coast fits shoot west work york
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.
boot buying costs design love people
Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.
boot costs design love people
I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.
begins breathe catch evening hot means news turn
My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me.
encourage express major people themselves trapped women
That was a major goal for me - to be able to reach and encourage more women, to encourage them to express themselves and be what they want to be. People get very trapped where they are.
came embrace people
Things that came before, people and things and experiences - that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.
infected
My mother is the reason I'm in fashion. She worshiped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.
confident
If I were to say at any point that I feel really confident or really in control, that would be a mistake. Because I don't. I always see where I didn't do things the right way.