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Designer Dossier: Vera Wang

While ruling her self-started $300 million Wang Dynasty, the empress wears leggings.


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Designer Dossier: Vera Wang

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\r\n\"I was raised on Manhattan\'s Upper East Side but always had a Downtown edge. It\'s why I love the model Stella Tennant, a genuine Scottish aristo who dresses like a tomboy. Certainly there\'s a yin-yang element to the mink-and-metallic bomber jacket that opened my fall show.\"

Designer Dossier: Vera Wang

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\"Though I\'m freaked all the time\" -- Wang has grown her brand from bridal to include three womenswear collections (Vera Wang, Vera Wang Lavender Label, Simply Vera Vera Wang), as well as fragrance, china, and jewelry -- \"I live for the shock-and-awe part of selling style: the frenzied 11-minute shows, the red-carpet riot.\"

Designer Dossier: Vera Wang

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\"After my mother took me to the Paris couture shows in the late \'60s, I\'m pretty sure I was the only high-schooler in New York hanging out in a white YSL tuxedo jacket. I was also lucky to get to design accessories for Ralph Lauren. He always said to stick to your vision, no matter what new wave of trendiness hits.\"

Designer Dossier: Vera Wang

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\"My passion before fashion was figure skating, and I\'m still in my signature leggings -- they elongate the leg. I just skip them on the golf course, where I spend what little downtime I have!\"

Designer Dossier: Vera Wang

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Designer Dossier: Vera Wang

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Designer Dossier: Vera Wang

designer dossier, vera wang, fashion designer, designer fashion, fashion inspiration vera wang leather shoe Booties, $795, Vera Wang; (212) 628-3400.

Fall 2008 Runway Looks

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Designer Dossier: Vera Wang

designer dossier, vera wang, fashion designer, designer fashion, fashion inspiration vera wang glass necklace Necklace, $975, Vera Wang; (212) 628-3400.

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