Fashion designer, Vera Wang is a renowned designer of bridal wear. She is an expert in implementing a modern way of design into conventional fashion wear. She was popular for being the fashion editor at Vogue.
Vera Wang's early life
Vera Wang was from an upper-class family born in New York City, New York, United States of America to Cheng Ching Wang and Florence Wu. She is an American and is of Chinese descent.
Vera Wang attended The Chapin School. She completed her education there in 1967. While she was there she was figure skating and she also took part in U.S. Figure Skating Championships. After her high school days, she was enrolled at the University of Paris.
Vera Wang's career
Soon after receiving a bachelor’s degree, she gave up her skating career and began working for Vogue. After being there for about one and a half-decade, she left Vogue and then joined Ralph Lauren as a fashion director.
She is also the owner of a bridal boutique. Vera Wang has also acted in the film The September Issue, starring Anna Wintour.
Vera Wang has also worked as the wedding dress designer for the movie First Daughter, featuring Marc Blucas, Margaret Colin, and Katie Holmes.
Vera Wang's personal life
It was from her college days she was seeing Arthur Becker. Their romantic love affairs lead them to get married in 1989. She didn't become a mother from her won effort but this sweet couple adopted two children soon after getting married.
They got divorced in July 2012 and the divorce was claimed to be friendly.
Vera Wang's net worth
Her salary was high at Vogue and her net worth as of 2015 is rumored to be around $630 million and has been placed at no#34 in the Forbes' list of America's self-made Women.
The value of her asset Vera Wang's fashion and lifestyle empire in the year 2013 was said to be $1 billion.
The annual revenue collected from the Vera Wang Group LLC in the year 2017 was about $59 million.
