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Vera Ellen Wang is an American fashion designer. Wang initially pursued a career in figure skating before transitioning to fashion. She got her start working for Vogue and Ralph Lauren before launching her own bridal gown boutique in 1990.
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business · American fashion designer (born 1949) · designer · figure skater · fashion designer · businessperson · also Vera Wang, Vera Ellen Wang, Wang
Born 27 June 1949 · Q230728
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“perhaps I did better with one than the other.”
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Published video “Inside-The-Atelier: Behind the scenes of our custom #VeraWangHAUTE gown for Kathy Bates.”.
Published video “Inside-The-Atelier: Behind the scenes of our custom #VeraWangHAUTE gown for McKenna Grace.”.
Published video “Vera Wang HAUTE Wedding Spring Summer 2026 Collection | Collection Film”.
Published video “VERA WANG LOVE | Ulta Beauty”.
Published video “Keke Palmer wore custom #VeraWangHAUTE to the 2025 Met Gala. #verawang #kekepalmer #metgala”.
Published video “Vera Wang LOVE, the new Eau De Parfum | Film 2”.
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Published video “AT HOME WITH VERA WANG | WEDGWOOD”.
Published video “Vera Wang for Wedgwood | Xiao Zhan and Vera Wang”.
Published video “Vera Wang LOVE Collection "When You Know, You Know" Campaign | Official Advertisement”.
Wang sold the brand to WHP Global
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Received the Board of Directors' Tribute at the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards for her Bridal impact
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Awarded BBC 100 Women (2021).
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After a sabbatical of two years during which she had presented her collections only via films, Vera Wang returned to the New York Fashion Week runway for her Spring/Summer 2020 fashion show, which celebrated the 30th ann
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No woman should be tortured by what she wears"
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Awarded CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award (2013).
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Was the keynote speaker at Sarah Lawrence’s 85th commencement ceremony
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For her contribution to the sport as a costume designer
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Wang was awarded the André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Savannah College of Art and Design
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Wang reached a deal with Kohl's, a chain of department stores, to produce a less expensive line of ready-to-wear clothing exclusively for them called Simply Vera
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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
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Her book Vera Wang on Weddings was released
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Wang opened her first design salon in the Carlyle Hotel in New York City that features her trademark bridal gowns
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To join Ralph Lauren, for whom she worked for two years
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Wang was presented as a debutante to high society at the International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf Astoria New York
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Studied at Chapin School (1967).
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Attended the University of Paris, and earned a degree in art history from Sarah Lawrence College
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Born 1949-06-27.
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