I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.

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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.