Contemporary Bridal Fashion
American fashion designer Vera Wang is perhaps the best known name in bridal fashion, her contemporary and simple designs have adorned many brides.
Many celebrities wearing Wang’s wedding gown like Chelsea Clinton who just recently married. Vera Wang has spent more than twenty-five years in the fashion industry. After her sixteen-year tenure at Vogue, where she was Senior Fashion Editor, Vera Wang served as a design director for Ralph Lauren.
Vera Ellen Wang was born and raised in New York, New York and is of Chinese descent. 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.
Wang’s mother was considered a beautiful woman with excellent taste. She taught her daughter about style, and they enjoyed going to Paris fashion shows together. As noted on the official Vera Wang website, “Wang’s fashion sense -came early in life.”
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 Faces in the Crowd in the January 9, 1968 issue. When she failed to make the US Olympics team, she entered the fashion industry.
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 ventured out on her own, opening a luxury salon at the esteemed Carlyle Hotel in New York City to showcase her bridal collection. The Vera Wang label quickly took off, earning praise from the fashion elite for its luxurious fabrics, exquisite detailing and modern interpretation of classic lines.
Wang has also dressed some of the top actresses in Hollywood and celebrities, including, Ali Larter, Alyssa Milano, Elin Nordegren, Mariah Carey, Sophia Bush, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, Ivanka Trump, Thal