Vera Ellen Wang - 990 Words

Vera Ellen Wang was born on June 27, 1949 in New York City, New York. Some major accomplishments Vera has achieved in her lifetime so far have been, her trademark wedding dresses that many celebrities have purchased, a line/range of accessories, a wedding book that was adored by many, a wonderful, if I do say so myself, fragrance line, designing a Barbie doll collection, that many aspire to , adopting two daughters, winning the Council of Fashion Designers America’s Women’s-wear Designer of the year, the Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement award by the Savannah College of Art Design, was inducted in the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame, and so much more. Vera Wang is currently in the fashion designing business that is one of the most successful. Wang comes from a very cultured background. Her parents were born in Shanghai, China but moved to the United States of America some years later in the mid-1940s. Vera’s parents are named Florence Wu and Cheng Ching Wang. Her mom worked for the United Nations as a translator and her father worked and owned his own medical business. She has one younger brother named, Kenneth Wang. Vera stated about her father rand his business, â€Å"I think, in a way, watching him grow his company influenced me subliminally†(-Vera Wang) She obviously really enjoyed watching her father work and wanted to do the same one day. She also says that her mother has influenced her, stating, ‘My mother and I went to a couture show when Yves Saint Laurent wasShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesAnacon, 1992); Arnold Mea gher, The Coolie Trade: The Traffic in Chinese Laborers to Latin America (Bloomington, IN: Xlibris, 2008); David Northrup, Indentured Labor in the Age of Imperialism, 1834–1922 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995); Wang Sing-wu, The Organization of Chinese Emigration, 1848–1888: With Special Reference to Chinese Emigration to Australia (San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center, 1978). On European migrants, see Gunther Peck, Reinventing Free Labor: Padrones and Immigrant