Editing Vera Wang

{{Short description|American fashion designer (born 1949)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Vera Wang
| image              = Vera Wang.jpg
| caption            = Wang in 2007
| birth_name         = Vera Ellen Wang
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1949|6|27}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| education          = [[Sarah Lawrence College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation         = Fashion designer 
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Arthur P. Becker]]|1989|2012|end=separated}}
| children           = 2
}}

'''Vera Ellen Wang'''<ref name="nytnuptials">{{Cite news |date=June 23, 1989 |title=Vera Wang Wed To Arthur Becker |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/23/style/vera-wang-wed-to-arthur-becker.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423165618/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/23/style/vera-wang-wed-to-arthur-becker.html |archive-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> ({{zh|c=王薇薇|p=Wáng Wēiwēi}}; born June 27, 1949)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cn.nytimes.com/fashion/20140915/t15verawang/zh-hant/|script-title=zh:設計師王薇薇的房間，那裡什麼都沒有|last=Friedman|first=Vanessa|date=September 15, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 24, 2018|language=zh}}</ref> is an American fashion designer. Wang initially pursued a career in figure skating before transitioning to fashion. She worked for ''Vogue'' and Ralph Lauren before launching her own bridal gown boutique in 1990.

Wang gained international recognition for her wedding dress designs. Her gowns have been worn by numerous celebrities. She expanded her brand to include ready-to-wear fashion, accessories, fragrances, and home goods. In December of 2024, Wang sold her namesake brand after 35 years in business to WHP Global.

== Early life ==
Vera Ellen Wang was born June 27, 1949,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/vera-wang-celebrates-72nd-birthday-style-cher-sort-t224426|work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]|title=Vera Wang celebrates 72nd birthday in style with Cher (sort of)|last=Koenig|first=Ronnie|date=July 3, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211014014725/https://www.today.com/popculture/vera-wang-celebrates-72nd-birthday-style-cher-sort-t224426|archive-date=October 14, 2021|access-date=October 14, 2021}}</ref> in New York City to [[Chinese people|Chinese]] parents who immigrated to the United States in the mid-1940s. Her mother, Florence Wu (Wu Chifang), worked as a translator for the [[United Nations]], while her father, Cheng Ching Wang (Wang Chengqing), a graduate of [[Yanjing University]] and [[MIT]], owned a medicine company, and held the following positions: Director, Singapore Petroleum Company Pte. Ltd., Chairman & President, Oceanic Petroleum Corporation, Chairman & President, Oceanic Petroleum (Asia) Corporation, Chairman & President of Summit Group of Companies (now [[U.S. Summit Company]]), Chairman of the Vera Wang Group 1990-1998.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-10-01 |title=Paid Notice: Deaths WANG, C.C. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/classified/paid-notice-deaths-wang-cc.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Wang has one brother, Kenneth, who is a life member of MIT Corporation, a board of trustees that governs the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://corporation.mit.edu/all-members/kenneth-wang | title=Kenneth Wang &#124; the MIT Corporation }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/wang-didn-married-mistress-article-1.1065832|title=C.C. Wang didn't want married mistress |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=April 23, 2012|first=Bill|last=Hutchinson}}</ref>

Wang began [[figure skating]] at the age of eight, training under [[Peter Dunfield]] and [[Sonya Klopfer]] in Denver during the summers and with the [[Skating Club of New York]] during the rest of the year.<ref name="nyt111220">{{cite news |last=Barsamian |first=Edward |date=December 20, 2011 |title=Vera on Ice |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/vera-on-ice/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201124735/https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/vera-on-ice/ |archive-date=1 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="ITNY">{{cite web |url=https://www.icetheatre.org/index.php?id=96 |title=ITNY Honors Vera Wang |date=January–February 2004 |website=IceTheatre.org |publisher=Ice Theatre of New York |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref> While in high school, she trained with [[pair skating|pairs]] partner James Stuart, and competed at the 1968 [[U.S. Figure Skating Championships]]. She was featured in ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''{{'s}} ''[[Faces in the Crowd (Sports Illustrated)|Faces in the Crowd]]'' in the January 9, 1968 issue.<ref>''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', December 15, 2006, p. 66</ref> When she failed to make the [[United States at the Olympics|U.S. Olympics]] team, she said, "I was devastated when I did not qualify for the Olympic team."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goh |first=ZK |date=November 3, 2020 |title=Vera Wang talks about her Olympics ambitions |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/vera-wang-talks-about-her-olympics-ambitions |access-date=July 29, 2024 |website=olympics.com}}</ref> Then she entered the fashion industry.<ref>{{cite book |title=Vera Wang (A&E Biography) |last=Krohn |first=Katherine |year=2006 |publisher=Twenty-First Century Books |isbn=0-8225-6612-5 |page=112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmJ7doZXP0QC}}</ref> Wang continues to enjoy skating, saying, "Skating is multidimensional".<ref name=nyt111220 />

Wang attended [[Friends Seminary]],<ref name="Going">{{cite magazine |last=Allen |first=Emma |date=6 April 2015 |title=Going Once, Going Twice |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |issue=April 13, 2015 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/13/art-and-commerce-going-once-going-twice |url-status=live |access-date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522110541/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/13/art-and-commerce-going-once-going-twice |archive-date=22 May 2023}}</ref> graduated from [[Chapin School]] in 1967, attended the [[University of Paris]], and earned a degree in [[art history]] from [[Sarah Lawrence College]]. 

In 1968, Wang was presented as a [[debutante]] to [[High society (social class)|high society]] at the [[International Debutante Ball]] at the [[Waldorf Astoria New York]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Vera Wang: Enduring Style|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hd0PrIc9S3AC&q=vera+wang+international+debutante+ball&pg=PA92|newspaper=USA Today|isbn = 9781580135726|access-date=December 30, 2017|last1 = Krohn|first1 = Katherine E.|date = September 2008}}</ref>

==Career==
Wang was hired to be an editor at [[Vogue (magazine)|''Vogue'']] immediately upon graduation from [[Sarah Lawrence College]], making her the youngest editor at that magazine. She stayed at ''Vogue'' for 17 years, leaving in 1987 to join [[Ralph Lauren]], for whom she worked for two years. At 40, she resigned and became an independent bridal wear designer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/verawang/ |title=Vera Wang |work=[[Fashion Model Directory]]}}</ref>
[[File:Vera Wang Spring-Summer 2014 04.jpg|180px|thumb|Vera Wang Spring-Summer 2014 runway show at [[New York Fashion Week]]]]

Wang has made wedding gowns for public figures such as [[Hayley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hansen|first=Erika|date=2016-02-24|title=Hayley Williams Weds Chad Gilbert in Vera Wang Dress and Doc Martens Boots|url=https://www.yournextshoes.com/hayley-williams-wedding-doc-martens/|access-date=2021-07-10|website=Your Next Shoes|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Vanessa Hudgens]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://vogue.sg/vanessa-hudgens-wedding/ |title=Vanessa Hudgens wore Vera Wang to marry Cole Tucker in the heart of the Mayan jungle |magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |date=December 7, 2023}}</ref> [[Chelsea Clinton]],<ref name=vog12>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.vogue.com/946729/brides-who-wore-vera-wang-wedding-dresses |title=The 12 Most Stunning Vera Wang Brides |magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |date=June 27, 2014 |access-date=July 31, 2016 |archive-date=December 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224213033/http://www.vogue.com/946729/brides-who-wore-vera-wang-wedding-dresses// |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Karenna Gore]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/07/12/gore.wedding/ |title=Gore's Eldest Daughter Weds New York Doctor In Washington |work=[[CNN]] |date=July 12, 1997 |access-date=October 12, 2007 |archive-date=January 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121153758/http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/07/12/gore.wedding/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ivanka Trump]],<ref name=vog12 /> [[Campbell Brown (journalist)|Campbell Brown]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1179281,00.html |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120908113645/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1179281,00.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 8, 2012 |title=NBC's Campbell Brown Gets Married |magazine=[[People (American magazine)|People]] |date=April 2, 2006}}</ref> [[Alicia Keys]],<ref name=vog12 /> [[Mariah Carey]],<ref name=vog12 /> [[Victoria Beckham]],<ref name=vog12 /> [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://celebritybrideguide.com/sarah-michelle-gellar-freddie-prinze-jr-wedding/ |title=Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. Wedding - Celebrity Bride Guide |access-date=March 8, 2017 |archive-date=February 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208132601/http://celebritybrideguide.com/sarah-michelle-gellar-freddie-prinze-jr-wedding/ }}</ref> [[Avril Lavigne]],<ref name=vog12 /> [[Hilary Duff]],<ref name=vog12 /> [[Khloe Kardashian]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/gallery/2013101315041/Vera-wang-brides-celebrity-dresses/3/ |title=Celebrities who wore Vera Wang on their wedding day |magazine=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]] |date=October 13, 2013 |page=3}}</ref> and [[Kim Kardashian]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/gallery/2013101315041/Vera-wang-brides-celebrity-dresses/4/ |title= Celebrities who wore Vera Wang on their wedding day |magazine=Hello! |date=October 13, 2013 |page=4}}</ref> Wang started off as being  best known for her elegant wedding dresses. Wang's evening wear has also been worn by [[Michelle Obama]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://fashion.elle.com/fashion/insider/2011/12/05/michelle-obama-dons-vera-wang/ |title=Michelle Obama Dons Vera Wang |magazine=[[Elle Magazine]] |date=December 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711150117/http://fashion.elle.com/fashion/insider/2011/12/05/michelle-obama-dons-vera-wang/ |archive-date=July 11, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.vogue.com/fashion/10-best-dressed/tis-the-season/ |title=Photos: 10 Best Dressed: Week of December 12, 2011 |magazine=Vogue |date=December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215171749/http://www.vogue.com/fashion/10-best-dressed/tis-the-season/ |archive-date=February 15, 2012 }}</ref>

Figure skaters who have worn costumes designed by Wang at the [[Winter Olympic Games]] include [[Nancy Kerrigan]] ([[1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] and [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994]]), [[Michelle Kwan]] ([[1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] and [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002]]), [[Evan Lysacek]] ([[2010 Winter Olympics|2010]]), and [[Nathan Chen]] ([[2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] and [[2022 Winter Olympics|2022]]).<ref name="frey">{{cite news| last1= Frey| first1= Kaitlyn |title=Vera Wang Reflects on More Than 20 Years of Designing Olympic Figure Skating Costumes |url=http://people.com/style/vera-wang-interview-design-figure-skating-costumes |access-date=February 12, 2018|work=People|date=February 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Gavin">{{cite news |last=Gavin |first=Mike |date=9 February 2022 |title=Vera Wang Discusses Designing for Olympic Figure Skater Nathan Chen |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/beijing-2022-winter-olympics/its-great-privilege-vera-wang-discusses-designing-olympic |work=NBCSports.com |location=Stamford, Connecticut |access-date=4 May 2022}}</ref> Wang was inducted into the [[U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame]] in 2009 for her contribution to the sport as a costume designer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-01-21-figure-skating-championships_N.htm |title=Johnny Weir, Evan Lysacek in battle at figure skating nationals |work=[[USA Today]] |date=January 22, 2009}}</ref> She designed the uniforms worn by the [[Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/cheerleaders/highlights.html |title=Highlights |work=[[Philadelphia Eagles]] |access-date=August 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419025336/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/cheerleaders/highlights.html |archive-date=April 19, 2018 }}</ref>

On October 23, 2001, her book ''Vera Wang on Weddings''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vera Wang On Weddings|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/213255-vera-wang-on-weddings|access-date=July 27, 2020|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref> was released. In June 2005, she won the [[Council of Fashion Designers of America]] (CFDA) Womenswear Designer of the Year.  On May 27, 2006, Wang was awarded the [[André Leon Talley]] Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Savannah College of Art and Design]].

Wang's evening wear has been worn by stars at many red carpet events, including [[Viola Davis]] at the 2012 Academy Awards,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17174658 |title=Oscars 2012: Stars arrive |work=[[BBC News]] |date=February 27, 2012 |at=Image 3 of 16}}</ref> and [[Sofia Vergara]] at the 65th Emmy Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/465262/sofia-vergara-reveals-she-ll-marry-in-a-cleavage-baring-vera-wang-get-all-the-details-on-her-fab-gown |title=Sofía Vergara Talks Wedding Dress: It Has to Be Vera Wang |work=[[E! News]] |date=October 2, 2013}}</ref>

She was awarded the [[Council of Fashion Designers of America]] Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2013/06/05/vera-wang-honored-for-lifetime-achievement.html |title=Vera Wang honored for lifetime achievement |work=[[The Columbus Dispatch]] |date=June 5, 2013 |access-date=August 8, 2016 |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090547/https://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2013/06/05/vera-wang-honored-for-lifetime-achievement.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>cfda.com [https://cfda.com/members/profile/vera-wang "Vera Wang"], Council of Fashion Designers of America.</ref>

In 2006, 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/vera-wang-9542398#commercial-success|title=Vera Wang - Fashion Designer - Biography |website=biography.com|language=en-us|access-date=February 14, 2017}}</ref>

Forbes placed her the 34th in the list America's Richest Self-Made Women 2018, her revenues rising to $630&nbsp;million in that year.

On September 10, 2019, after a sabbatical of two years during which she had presented her collections only via films,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/vera-wang-returns-hippie-hair-214308733.html|title=Vera Wang returns, with hippie hair and couture lingerie|website=News.yahoo.com|date=September 10, 2019 |access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> Vera Wang returned to the [[New York Fashion Week]] runway for her Spring/Summer 2020 fashion show, which celebrated the 30th anniversary of her brand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkax-LFPxmQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/mkax-LFPxmQ| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Vera Wang Spring Summer 2020 Full Fashion Show (untagged) - YouTube|website=Youtube.com| date=September 12, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The show received very positive reviews, with Godfrey Deeny describing it as a "notable collection by one of the few New York designers with a truly distinctive fashion DNA",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.fashionnetwork.com/news/Vera-wang-soars-yet-stumbles,1135695.html|title=Vera Wang soars yet stumbles|website=FashionNetwork.com|access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> while Bridget Foley presented Wang's creations as "Beautiful, seriously designed clothes, presented with gutsy panache".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wwd.com/runway/spring-ready-to-wear-2020/new-york/vera-wang/review/|title=Vera Wang RTW Spring 2020|website=Wwd.com|date=September 10, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> However, the show was marred by several major footwear malfunctions,<ref name="Review by Vanessa Friedman for The New York Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/style/proenza-schouler-gabriela-hearst-new-york-fashion-week.html |title="Vera Wang [...] threw in shoes so acutely angled and vertiginous that her models' knees shook with the effort to remain upright. Two actually fell, and one limped down the runway with one shoe off and one on"|author=Vanessa Friedman|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 11, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2020-ready-to-wear/vera-wang|title=Vera Wang Spring 2020 Ready-to-Wear Collection|first=Nicole|last=Phelps|website=Vogue.com|date=September 10, 2019 |access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> especially during the finale when four models fell down,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq4j6kR0IWY| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Sq4j6kR0IWY| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Models trip and fall at Vera Wang Spring/Summer 2020 - HD video with various angles of view - YouTube|website=Youtube.com| date=September 12, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> including [[Fei Fei Sun]], who fell twice in a row,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6AJf1s9rKE| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Y6AJf1s9rKE| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Top Model Fei Fei Sun FALLS TWICE during Vera Wang Spring/Summer 2020 (New York Fashion Week) - YouTube|website=Youtube.com| date=October 5, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> leading chief fashion critic [[Vanessa Friedman]] to state that "In 2019, no woman should be tortured by what she wears".<ref name="Review by Vanessa Friedman for The New York Times" />

In December 2024, WHP Global, a brand management firm based in New York, announced an agreement to acquire the IP of the Vera Wang fashion brand. As part of the transaction, Wang herself will continue the role as Founder & Chief Creative Officer and will join WHP Global as a shareholder.

==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 – 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>

== Personal life ==
In June 1989, Wang married investor [[Arthur P. Becker]] in an [[Interfaith marriage|interfaith]] [[Baptist]] and [[Interfaith marriage in Judaism|Jewish ceremony]].<ref name="nytnuptials" /> They have two daughters, both of whom were [[adopted]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Larocca|first=Amy|date=January 12, 2006|title=Vera Wang's Second Honeymoon|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/15541/}}</ref> In July 2012, the couple announced their separation.<ref name="huff20120711">{{cite news|last=Feitelberg|first=Rosemary|date=July 11, 2012|title=Vera Wang and Arthur Becker Separate|work=[[Women's Wear Daily]]|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/veras-crossroads-6067721/ |access-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
Several movies and television shows have featured Wang's works, including ''[[The West Wing]]'', ''[[The Newsroom (American TV series)|The Newsroom]]'', ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', ''[[Sex and the City]]'',<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrOIWxT8mmIC |title=Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell |author=Amy Sohn|isbn=9780743457309 |date=February 23, 2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref> ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.instyle.com/news/revenge-first-look-victoria-graysons-vera-wang-wedding-dress |title=Revenge First Look: Victoria Grayson's Vera Wang Wedding Dress – InStyle.com |work=InStyle.com |access-date=May 8, 2015 |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302152510/https://www.instyle.com/news/revenge-first-look-victoria-graysons-vera-wang-wedding-dress |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[The Simpsons]]'', and the film ''[[Sex and the City (film)|Sex and the City]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brides.com/wedding-dresses-style/wedding-dresses/editorial-pick/2009/01/ibride-warsi-style#slide=1 |title=Bride Wars Wedding Style |work=Brides}}</ref>

Wang appeared in a cameo in season 5 episode 11 of the TV series ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' and as herself in the second season of ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' in episode 2.07.

==Filmography==

===Movies===
* ''[[First Daughter (2004 film)|First Daughter]]'' (2004) as herself.
* ''[[The September Issue]]'' (2009) as herself.

===Television===
* ''[[Gossip Girl (TV series)|Gossip Girl]]'' (2012) as herself.
* ''[[Keeping Up with the Kardashians]] '' (2011) as herself.
* ''[[Chelsea Lately]] '' (2011) as herself.
* ''[[The Celebrity Apprentice]]'' (2008) as herself.
* ''[[Ugly Betty]] '' (2007) as herself.

==Books==
* Vera Wang, ''Vera Wang on Weddings'', [[HarperCollins]], October 2001 ({{ISBN|9780688162566}}).

==Recognition==
She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2021.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2021-12-07 |title=BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-59514598 |access-date=2022-12-16}}</ref>

In 2023, she received the Board of Directors' Tribute at the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards for her Bridal impact.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://cfda.com/news/the-winners-of-the-2023-cfda-fashion-awards-presented-by-amazon-fashion |title=The Winners of the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards Presented by Amazon Fashion |magazine=[[Council of Fashion Designers of America |CFDA]] |date=November 6, 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of fashion designers]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Vera Wang}}
* {{Official website|http://www.verawang.com}}
* {{FMD designer|vera-wang}}
* {{IMDb name|911056}}

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