Are you stunned by the picture up there? Do you think that there's a mix up somewhere? Believe me, it's not. If you have seen the movie, Bride Wars, you'll recall that Liv told her Fiancé that you don’t alter a Vera Wang dress. Rather, you alter your body to fit a Vera Wang dress. That is exactly what's playing out with the 70-year old brain behind the fashion brand 'Vera Wang', Vera Ellen Wang.
Born on 27th June 1949, Vera Ellen Wang is an American fashion designer of Chinese descent. She is based in New York city, United States.
She began her journey in the fashion industry as an editor for Vogue magazine in 1970. She left Vogue after 17 years and worked with Ralph Lauren for 2 years before resigning to start up her own brand. She was 40 years old when she birthed the Vera Wang company.
From 1990 till date, she has risen to become a household name in the fashion industry, making different types of wears to suit various occasions, body figures, budgets and tastes. The brand is known for making some of the best wedding dresses, swimsuits, figure skater costumes, evening wears and cheerleader costumes.
Some of the stars she has styled include Michelle Obama, Kim Kardashian, Alicia Keys, Ivanka Trump, Khloe Kardashian, Victoria Beckham, Mariah Carey, Viola Davis, among numerous others.
She won the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Womenswear Designer of the Year in June 2005.
She got awarded the André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 27th of May, 2006.
In 2013, Vera Wang was honored with the Council of Fashion Designers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.
With revenues at $630 million in 2018, Forbes placed her 34th in the list America's Richest Self-Made Women.
She got married to Arthur Becker in 1989 and they have two daughters. They announced their amicable separation in July 2012.
