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She has a brother, Kenneth Wang.
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Her husband is the CEO of an information technology services company called Navisite.
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She designed a dress for Buffy, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and appeared in the episode "The Prom."
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She has designed dresses for Avril Lavigne, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez and for skaters like Michelle Kwan.
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She lives in New York City with her husband, Arthur Becker, and their two daughters, Josephine and Cecilia, who are adopted.
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In June 2005, she won the CFDA or the Council of the Fashion Designers of America, women's wear Designer of the Year.
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She penned the book, Vera Wang on Weddings, in October, 2001.
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In 1990, she opened her own design salon in the Carlyle Hotel in New York which featured her trademark bridal gowns.
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On May 27, 2006, she was awarded the André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
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She appears as a guest judge in the third season of Project Runway.
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She was a senior fashion editor for Vogue magazine.
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Vera trained as a figure skater which she competed at the 1968 U.S. Figure Skating Championships but didn't make the team.
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Her paternal grandfather was a military general in China.
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Vera's father started and owned a chemical company.
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Vera's mother often took her to fashion shows in Paris.
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Vera attended the Chapin School, the Sorbonne in Paris and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in art history.