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You Won't Believe How Old This "Queen of Wedding Dresses" Is

Crystal H GICexpat 2020-03-01


Would you be able to just guess how old this woman is?



Meet Vera Wang, a 70-year-old wedding dress designer and arguably the best in the world at what she does.


When she confidently showed up at The Vera Wang 2020 show, the audience burst into applause. 


Having named her fashion brand after her own name, Vera is known as the “Queen of Wedding Dresses”.



There is a saying in American wedding dress circles: 

"Vera Wang's wedding dress makes the unmarried people want it, makes the divorced people miss it, and the remarried rejoice in having it again."


It’ll definitely be a big part of any celebrity weddings.




Chinese actresses are no exception.




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Vera was born in New York.  From childhood, her fashionable mother liked to take her to Paris to see fashion shows, feel the art and trend of this cultural capital.



She comes from a wealthy family, had no intention or dream to earn a lot of money. All she knew was that failure was nothing to be afraid of. She could challenge herself and try anything that she would set her mind to do.



As a child, she loved figure skating and chose first chose that path without hesitation. Wang worked hard and started training for it at the age of 8. She held on for 10 years and won several junior figure skating championships.


But when she was 19, she lost the finals and failed to make the national team.




She then went to Paris to study art history. In her first job at a clothing store, she befriended a customer who worked as a senior editor at Vogue. With a good relatable attitude, she ended up getting herself a job there: 


"You come to me after graduation, and I’ll introduce you to Vogue." that customer said.




She became the youngest fashion editor in Vogue history.


She spent 16 years as a fashion editor at Vogue, and then spent two years as director of fashion design at Ralph Lauren. Over the past 18 years, she has accumulated numerous celebrity resources in the entertainment industry.



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1990 was the turning point for Vera Wang's life. 


This is the year when she got married. But preparing for the wedding was difficult because there wasn't a wedding dress on the market that she liked.


So she took out $10,000 to design her own wedding dress.


Unexpectedly, this thin shoulder ribbon wedding dress caught everyone's attention.




She came up with the idea that, 

"I should design the most unique wedding dress in the world!"


With a $4 million support from her father and husband, Vera Wang started her own business. In that same year following her marriage, she opened her first bridal shop in Manhattan, New York.



Then all of a sudden, actresses from all over the country started going crazy over them. Sharon Stone's mauve velvet dress, worn at the Oscars in 1998, became a classic look in Oscar history.



In 2013, at the fashion Academy Awards, Wang received a lifetime achievement award.



Her emotional life is also enviable.


In 2012, at the age of 63, she divorced her husband.


Then she fell in love with a handsome man who is 36 years younger than her. 

He is Lysacek, a famous American figure skater, Olympic and world champion in men's solo skating.



They fell in love for six years. However, they broke up in April last year.


But she put in a lot more effort than we give her credit for. 

It was more than just money and a wealthy family.


When she was a child, she learned to skate without her parents' urging. 

She’d get up at 4 AM every morning and take the train to practice flower skating. 



When she grew up, she must have suffered a lot in a fashionable work environment. But she never said she was tired.


She worked from 9 AM to 10 PM. every day.  Her work was her life. 



So much, in fact, that she would look at her watch once in the morning, and the next time she’d look at it, it was already late at night.



This year, at 70 years old, she still looks in very good shape and always ready for the hustle!


She tells us that women never live to be young and beautiful.


Don't fight for fewer wrinkles. 

Fight for being who you are!




Editor: Crystal H



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