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About Vera: Vera was born in New York City in 1949. She quotes "My mother absolutely adored fashion,” Vera will later say. “Even in China, living this isolated feudal life, she was aware of Mme Grès and her incredible draperies! The taste level was extraordinary; I attribute it all to her.". Vera grew up on the Upper East Side. In 1967, while attending Sarah Lawrence she attended Sorbonne in Paris as a exchange student. In 1970, Vera worked at Yves Saint Laurent on Madison Avenue, she was discovered by a Vogue editor there. In 72' Vera was hired as a fashion assistant at Vogue, she showed up to the job in a white YSL shirt dress, platform heels, and long red nails. A fashion editor told her "We do a lot of work on our hands and knees here. Not in Saint Laurent white crepe de Chine.”, she ran home and changed. She quotes "When I was an editor at Vogue, I had a lot of bad luck,” Wang later remembers. “It’s not that I was reckless—I wasn’t—but I did a few sittings that were very unfortunate.” In 1990, Vera opened her own bridal boutique on Madison Avenue and by 1993 Sharon Stone was wearing her designs. In 2000, she had her own fragrance line and by 2001 she had her own book. In 2004 Vera launched her first ready-to-wear fall collection. By 2005, Reese Witherspoon and Keira Knightley wear wearing her gowns, both on Vogue covers. She accepted a CFDA award for Womenswear Designed of the Year. In 2008, she collaborated with Brown Shoe to develop a footwear collection and handbags and accessories under Vera Wang Lavender Label collection. In 2009, she launched her first store outside the U.S. In 2010, Chelsea Clinton wore a Vera Wang bridal dress to her wedding, and Vera launched a cosmetic line at Kohls. In 2011, Vera Wang collaborated with David's Bridal and launched a wedding line with dresses from $600 to $1400.
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