For Wang Vera, everyone is more familiar with her English name Vera Wang, because she used her own name to create a huge fashion empire. The name Vera Wang attracted the attention of many netizens because on July 18, 2012, the Chinese-American designer was romantically involved with the 27-year-old figure skating Winter Olympics men's singles champion Lysacek. 36 years older! Wang Weiwei is a well-known clothing and perfume connoisseur and a well-known entrepreneur. Wang Weiwei's most exciting performance moment is on the Avenue of Stars at the annual Academy Awards ceremony, because the dazzling costume designs of those actresses are all designed by Wang Weiwei. Nine out of ten of the popular Hollywood actresses Wear Vera Wang's clothes to attend a dinner or award ceremony. Speaking of Wang Weiwei's entrepreneurial story, it is actually an inspirational story that inspires entrepreneurs to strive hard.
Wang Weiwei was born in a well-off Chinese-American family in New York. Her parents were both from Shanghai, China, and her maternal grandfather was Wu Junsheng, a Fengcian warlord during the Republic of China. She attended the Chapin School in Manhattan before attending the University of Paris. She eventually earned a degree in art history from Sarah Lawrence College. When she was young, Wang Weiwei was trained as a figure skater. She competed in the 1968 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and was featured in Sports Illustrated's January 8, 1968, "Faces in the Crowd" series. After failing to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team, she entered the fashion industry.
Like many entrepreneurs who have just started their business, they have no funds and need a part-time job experience to accumulate their own entrepreneurial capital. Wang Weiwei went to work at the YSL boutique on Madison Avenue in New York, and soon joined VOGUE. Wang Weiwei has worked in this "attractive workplace" for 16 years, from a copywriter to the youngest senior editor to taking over the American version of VOGUE, relying on her outstanding strength and hard-working spirit.
In 1988, Wang Weiwei joined Ralph Lauren as clothing design director. The next year, Wang Weiwei and golf dealer Arthur Becker announced their marriage. This woman who lives with an artistic attitude naturally regards her wedding dress as a holy work of art at the most important moment in her life. Wang Weiwei visited major bridal shops in the United States for this purpose, hoping to choose a favorite wedding dress to match her wedding art. But in the end, she failed to achieve her wish. Her harsh attitude towards art made Wang Weiwei choose to make her wedding dress herself. It was this wedding dress that greatly impressed all the wedding guests, and gave Wang Weiwei the idea to create a bridal store.
In 1990, Wang Weiwei opened the first Vera Wang store in Manhattan with US$4 million in funds sponsored by his family. After spending a lot of time choosing a wedding dress but not being satisfied with it, Vera came up with the idea of ??engaging in wedding dress design. In her entrepreneurial journey of running Weiwei Bridal Wear, Wang Weiwei had this philosophical saying: "For a woman, the most important moment in her life is her wedding, which is the beginning of a woman's dream. I dream of becoming an outstanding The artist makes the wedding dress a kind of art. "She believes that fashion is a metaphor of life, with people's joys, sorrows and joys behind it, and fresh life. For a woman, a wedding dress is a preview of the future marriage life from the simplest aspect of dressing up. She integrates artistic thinking into the brand. This is the theme of the Vera Wang brand story: love should be regarded as an art, and wedding dresses are noble works of art that explain love.
The modern, simple, noble and dignified style breaks the tradition of complexity and luxury. The name Vera gradually became famous in the upper class society, and in 1994, he founded a brand bearing his own name. Now, Vera Wang's bridal gowns have become synonymous with global bridal gowns. The price of a set of gowns is about US$6,000 to US$13,000. Of course, if you want Wang Weiwei to design it for you personally, you will spend at least US$2.5. $10,000 price. This is nearly 100 times more expensive than renting a dress.
But it is this "expensive beauty" that makes many girls shout crazily: "Please let me be rich so I can afford a Vera Wang wedding dress!"
Although she was not selected for the U.S. Olympic team She had no qualifications for figure skating, but her love for figure skating made Vera Wang decide to do something about it. She came up with the idea of ??designing competition clothes for Nancy Kerrigan (the American figure skating star at the time). Since 1992, she has designed the Winter Olympics uniforms for the U.S. women's team. Two years later, Vera Wang became a household name in the United States. Her fashion career began on the Olympic court. Now in the American skating circle, everyone knows VeraWang. In 2006, Canadian rock star Avril Lavigne and musician Derek got married in California, USA. Vera Wang's wedding dress stunned everyone.
Vera Wang’s true fame comes from the annual Oscars ceremony and the weddings of major actresses in the entertainment industry. The singer Britney also wore a top-notch Vera Wang wedding dress at her wedding and declared that she had "never worn such a beautiful dress." In 1999, Beckham and Victoria announced their marriage. The fairy tale wedding of the century, which was remembered by people all over the world, was held in the UK. Victoria wore Vera Wang and accepted the attention of the public. In 2007, Katie and Tom Cruise attended their wedding in an Italian castle. Katie wore Vera Wang. In 2008, Bhutan became very unusual because of the wedding of top movie stars Carina Lau and Tony Leung. At the wedding, Carina Lau chose a Vera Wang wedding dress to witness the glorious ceremony after ten years of love. From this, Wang Weiwei won the title of Wedding Dress Queen.
In 2004, Wang Weiwei was selected as one of the "100 Women Influencing New York" by the "Daily News" in New York, USA. In June 2005, she won the "Most Influential Fashion Designer" at the 24th American Fashion Designers (CFDA) Awards. Best Women's Fashion Designer Award".
Today, Wang Weiwei has established a huge fashion empire. In addition to wedding dresses and formalwear, its products also include perfume, jewelry, glassware, porcelain, leather shoes and glasses.