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WHO AM I?
Matthew VitalFS31012: Current Designers
Winter, 2012
WHO AM I?
• June 27, 1949, NYC• Education
– Chapin School– School of American Ballet– Sarah Lawrence College– Sorbonne, Paris
• Art & History
• Former figure skater– 1968 & 1969, US National
Championships– 5th, junior pairs with James
Stuart
• 1971, Graduation– Senior Editor, Vogue
• 1987,– Accessories Design
Director, Ralph Lauren
• 1989,– Arthur Becker– Wedding Dress, $10,000
• 1990, Bridal Industry– Boutique
• Guy Laroche, Arnold Scassi, Carolina Herrera, Christian Dior
– Carlyle Hotel, NYC– Sophisticated, detailed,
modern
Timeline (cont’d)• 1993
– Chinese American Planning Council's Honoree of the Year Award
• 1994,– Nancy Kerrigan (Olympics)– Girl Scout Council's Woman of
Distinction Award– Elected member of CFDA
• 2000– Couture-inspired RTW
• 2001– Fragrance & wedding guide
• 2002,– China and Crystal Collection
• 2005– CFDA, “Womenswear Designer of the
Year”
• 2006,– Andre Leon Talley Lifetime
Achievement Award by the Savannah College of Art Design
– Kohl’s
• 2009– US Figure Skating Hall of Fame– Considered contestant Dancing
with the Stars
• 2010– Leadership in the Arts Award by
the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association
– Identities, the Harvard association's annual charity fashion show
HIGH-PROFILE FIGURE IN THE FASHION WORLD
• Commercial Success– Balance: modern designs
& traditional elegance
• Celebrities– Halle Berry, Goldie
Hawn, Charlize Theron, Anjelica Huston, Meg Ryan
• Wedding– Mariah Carey, Hilary Duff,
Jennifer Garner, Kim Kardashian (3)
– Movies• Sex and the City, Bride Wars
• Movies & TV Appearances– First Daughter, The
September Issue– Gossip Girl, Keeping up
with the Kardashians, Ugly Betty
SPRING 2011
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WHO AM I?
“The Dish”
FRAGRANCES
HARPER’S BAZAAR, FEBRUARY 2012
HARPER’S BAZAAR, FEBRUARY 2012
“New York for me is about work.
If LA were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd
shoot myself.The climate, the lifestyle… it
really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
New York is all about big dinners and cocktail
parties.LA is about intimacy and
quiet.”
References
• http://www.biography.com/people/vera-wang-9542398
• http://www.infomat.com/whoswho/verawang.html
• http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/vera-wang.html