Vera Wang

They have two adopted children, Josephine, born in 1993, and Cecilia, born in 1990, who both currently attend The Chapin School. Indians incidentally wear. Wang currently lives in New York City with her husband, Arthur Becker, the CEO of a company called Navisite. With Indians in Western countries, the bride often wears the red sari at the wedding ceremony and change into traditional Indian wear afterwards (like Lengha, choli etc). In June 2005, she won the CFDA (Council of the Fashion Designers of America) women's wear designer of the year. Also in India the traditional colour of female wedding garments is red. She also penned the book Vera Wang on Weddings which was released by Harper Collins in October, 2001. In modern Chinese weddings, particularly in Western countries, the bride usually opts for the white Western dress or changes from a red gown to a white gown later in the day.

She has expanded her brand name though her own fragrance, jewelry, shoe and houseware collections. Many wedding dresses in China are colored red, the traditional colour of good luck. She has designed costumes for figure skaters, including Nancy Kerrigan and Michelle Kwan, and has made wedding gowns for Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson,Victoria Beckham and Sharon Stone, among others. A bridal train is the part of the wedding dress that trails behind the bride, the term is derived from similar train worn by Kings & Queens, which themselves are derived from seeing a Peacock, which were used as royal birds. In 1990, she opened her own design salon in Carlyle Hotel in New York which featured her trademark bridal gowns. Originally in the Middle Ages wedding parties were simply called Bride-al's. She worked for Ralph Lauren as a design director for two years. "Brides Party Gown".

Wang was a senior fashion editor for Vogue magazine. The term Bridal Gown originates from the word al which means party combined with bride is Bridal i.e. When she failed to make the US Olympic team, she turned to her other passion, fashion. Later attribution suggested that the colour white symbolized virginity. Figure Skating Championships. The white dress came to symbolize purity of heart and the innocence of childhood. As a girl, Wang trained as a figure skater, and competed at the 1968 U.S. (See white wedding.) Prior to the Victorian era a bride was married in any colour except black (the colour of mourning) or red (which was connected with prostitutes).

Her maternal grandfather was a warlord in China. The tradition continues today. Her paternal grandfather was a military general in China. The official wedding portrait photograph was widely published and many brides opted for a similar dress in honor of that choice. Her father started and owned a chemical company. The Queen chose to wear a white gown for the event. Her mother often took her to fashion shows in Paris. The popularity of this color can be traced back to 1840 and the marriage of Queen Victoria to Albert of Saxe-Coburg.

She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in art history. Used in this sense, 'white' or 'wedding white' includes creamy shades such as eggshell, ecru and ivory. She is a Chinese American raised in an affluent family and attended the The Chapin School, which both her daughters currently attend, and the Sorbonne in Paris. In modern tradition, the color of western-culture wedding dresses is white. She is known for her wedding gown collection among other specialties. Color, style and ceremonial importance of the gown depends on the religion and culture of the participants. Vera Wang (Chinese: 王薇薇; Hanyu Pinyin: Wáng Wēiwei; born June 27, 1949) is a fashion designer based in New York, NY, USA. A wedding dress or wedding gown is clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony.