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==Retail== In 1990, Wang opened her first design salon in the [[Carlyle Hotel]] in New York City that features her trademark bridal gowns.<ref name="VeraWangFashionLines">[https://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/verawang/ "Vera Wang β Designer Fashion Label Biography"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021184431/http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/verawang/ |date=October 21, 2012 }}, ''[[New York Magazine]]''. Retrieved October 20, 2009.</ref> She has since opened bridal boutiques in New York, London, Tokyo, and Sydney and has also expanded her brand through her fragrance,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.verawangfragrances.com |title=Vera Wang Fragrances |publisher=VeraWangFragrances.com |access-date=April 13, 2015}}</ref> jewelry, eyewear, shoes, and homeware collections. "White by Vera Wang" launched on February 11, 2011, at [[David's Bridal]]. Prices of the bridal gowns range from $600 to $1,400.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.davidsbridal.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PressRoom_Davids-Bridal-White-by-Vera-Wang-Launches |title=White by Vera Wang launches at David's Bridal |publisher=David's Bridal |access-date=November 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121081522/http://www.davidsbridal.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PressRoom_Davids-Bridal-White-by-Vera-Wang-Launches |archive-date=January 21, 2013 }}</ref> In 2002, Wang began to enter the home fashion industry and launched The Vera Wang China and Crystal Collection,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionxstyles.com/2014/11/vera-wang-bridal-pink-outfit-collection-by-audrey-hepburn |title=Pink Collection by Audrey Hepburn |access-date=November 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224170249/http://www.fashionxstyles.com/2014/11/vera-wang-bridal-pink-outfit-collection-by-audrey-hepburn/ |archive-date=February 24, 2015 }}</ref> followed by the 2007 release of her [[diffusion line]] called Simply Vera, which are sold exclusively by [[Kohl's]].<ref name="VeraWangFashionLines" /> [[File:Vera wang fashion designer by bill cramer.jpg|thumb|Wang in 2009]] In spring 2012, Wang teamed up with [[Men's Wearhouse]] to offer two [[tuxedo]] styles available in both the retail and rental areas of their inventory.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mens-wearhouse-partners-with-vera-wang-to-launch-black-by-vera-wang-135645733.html |website=PR Newswire |access-date=May 18, 2015|title=Men's Wearhouse Partners with Vera Wang to Launch Black by Vera Wang }}</ref> In June 2012, she expanded in Australia with the opening of "Vera Wang Bride Sydney" and her first Asian flagship store "Vera Wang Bridal Korea", helmed by President Jung Mi-ri, in upmarket neighborhood [[Cheongdam-dong]] in [[Gangnam-gu]], [[Seoul]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Rachel |title= Vera Wang opens 1st Asia flagship in Seoul |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2012/10/199_114120.html |access-date=December 16, 2012 |newspaper=Korea Times |date=June 29, 2012}}</ref> In a 2013 interview with CBS, Wang described her transition from journalist to businesswoman as "painful, and not only that, I have no choice. So I think when you start there's a certain innocence because of that freedom, and as you evolve you begin to see the parameters of what you can and can't do. So I make decisions that are very tiny that will affect an hour of work, I make decisions that will impact the lives of the people that work for me. It's in fashion as well, micro work, a centimeter of proportion and then it's macro to see what a vision is on the red carpet."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vera-wang-talks-bridal-inspiration-how-she-applies-fashion-sense-to-wedding-style/|title=Vera Wang talks bridal inspiration, how she applies fashion sense to wedding style|access-date=February 14, 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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