Vera Wang was born on June , 27th 1949 in New York. She was born and raised in New York by both her parents. She is a former figure skater. She was a competitive ice skater until the age of twenty. Vera studied theater at Sarah Lawrence college , but then switched to art history because she realized that Asian women were unlikely to succeed being an actress. She worked as a editor at Vogue for seventeen years . Also as Ralph Lauren design director for two years even though she did not have design training.
Many celebrities have worn her designs. Vera has done dress's for Nancy Kerrigan, and gowns for Sharon Stone, Alicia Silver stone Tyra Banks, Jennifer Garner and Mariah Carey. After a long a search for her wedding dress but she was not very happy with the results. Vera Wang decided to create her own line of wedding dress's. In 1990, she opened the Vera Wang Bridal house ltd., on Madison Avenue in New York. Vera Wang had many accomplishments because of her beautiful wedding line. Vera Wang's her first fragrance line which was called Vera Wang by Vera Wang. Vera Wang has also designed a barbie doll wedding gown collection. Vera is married to Arthur Becker and adopted two girls ; named Cecilia (born 1990) and Josephine (born 2003). Since then Vera has made a world wide line of wedding gowns called 'Vera Wang on weddings'. In June 2005, Vera won the Council of Fashion Designers America's Women's wear Designer of the Year. On 27 May 2006, she has gotten the Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award by the Savannah College of Art Design.Wedding dresses created by Vera were also seen in 'Bride Wars' in which Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson wore custom-made Vera Wang designs. Many famous people continue to wear Vera Wang's designs. Vera Wang will be continuing being in the fashion world for a long time.
Many celebrities have worn her designs. Vera has done dress's for Nancy Kerrigan, and gowns for Sharon Stone, Alicia Silver stone Tyra Banks, Jennifer Garner and Mariah Carey. After a long a search for her wedding dress but she was not very happy with the results. Vera Wang decided to create her own line of wedding dress's. In 1990, she opened the Vera Wang Bridal house ltd., on Madison Avenue in New York. Vera Wang had many accomplishments because of her beautiful wedding line. Vera Wang's her first fragrance line which was called Vera Wang by Vera Wang. Vera Wang has also designed a barbie doll wedding gown collection. Vera is married to Arthur Becker and adopted two girls ; named Cecilia (born 1990) and Josephine (born 2003). Since then Vera has made a world wide line of wedding gowns called 'Vera Wang on weddings'. In June 2005, Vera won the Council of Fashion Designers America's Women's wear Designer of the Year. On 27 May 2006, she has gotten the Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award by the Savannah College of Art Design.Wedding dresses created by Vera were also seen in 'Bride Wars' in which Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson wore custom-made Vera Wang designs. Many famous people continue to wear Vera Wang's designs. Vera Wang will be continuing being in the fashion world for a long time.