Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.

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In 1990 Vera Wang opened her own design salon in the Carlyle Hotel in New York that features her trademark bridal gowns. In 2002 Wang began to enter the home fashion industry and launched The Vera Wang China and Crystal Collection followed by the 2007 release of her diffusion line called Simply Vera which are sold exclusively by Kohl's.

Vera Ellen Wang (Chinese: 王薇薇; pinyin: Wáng Wēiwei Mandarin pronunciation: [u̯ɑ̌ŋ u̯éɪ̯u̯éɪ̯]; born June 27 1949) is an American fashion designer based in New York City and former figure skater.