How Vera Wang Went From Ice Skater to the A-List Crowd’s Top Bridal Designer

Vera Wang never set out to become a groundbreaking bridal designer — her first dream in life was to be an Olympic figure skater. After failing to qualify for the U.S. team in 1968, Wang instead set her sights on the fashion industry. “For nearly four decades, my life has been defined — some would say consumed — by fashion,” Wang explained at a 2005 WWD summit. “But my career has been every bit as much about adversity as it has about passion, coupled with the necessary willingness to accept change.” Wang’s passion eventually landed her a gig at Vogue. At just 23 years old, she became one of the youngest editors in the magazine’s history. Seventeen years later, after being passed over for editor in chief, Wang left Vogue for her first job at a high-fashion label. But it wasn’t until she began searching for her own wedding dress that she realized bridal was her calling. Vera Wang’s first bridal salon in 1990. “If I could transform people’s perception of wedding gowns by making them more modern, artistic, inventive or stylish, then perhaps I could create a valuable, emotional franchise for the rest of their lives,” Wang said. Today Wang is one of the

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