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Feb 12, 2018 · And nothing she does crystallizes that skill more than her work creating the eye-catching costumes worn by figure skating’s most iconic competitors at the Olympic Games for the past 20...
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Feb 7, 2022 · Evan Lysacek competes in the men's figure skating free skate at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. He was Vera Wang's first male figure skating client. When the Olympians take the ice in costumes ...
Nov 3, 2020 · Vera Wang talks about her Olympics ambitions. The fashion designer competed in figure skating at the national level and nearly qualified for the 1968 Games. Since then, she has designed Olympic costumes for skaters like Michelle Kwan and Evan Lysacek.
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Nov 3, 2023 · Going back to her athletic roots, the designer worked with figure skater Nancy Kerrigan to create her costumes for the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympic Games.
Feb 15, 2022 · But when Vera Wang was asked by Nancy Kerrigan’s coach, with whom she had skated, to design the costumes for the Olympic Games in Albertville, she agreed – not an easy task, she admitted in an interview with People magazine in 2018: “It’s not for the faint of heart.
Fashion designer Vera Wang has dressed the likes of actress Kate Hudson and singer Gwen Stefani, but her pre-fashion life as a figure skater has led her to design outfits for some of the United States' top Olympic skaters.
Aug 14, 2017 · Vera Wang failed to make the 1968 US Olympic figure-skating team. Then she became an editor at Vogue, but was passed over for the editor-in-chief position. She began designing wedding gowns at age ...
