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- In the early 1990s, Wang began designing costumes for Olympic figure skaters, dressing medal-winners like Nancy Kerrigan, Michelle Kwan, Evan Lysacek and, presently, Nathan Chen. Wang’s road to the Olympics was paved as two passions merged, showing her that figure skating and fashion are cut from the same cloth.
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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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Nov 3, 2020 · 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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Feb 7, 2022 · In the early 1990s, Wang began designing costumes for Olympic figure skaters, dressing medal-winners like Nancy Kerrigan, Michelle Kwan, Evan Lysacek and, presently, Nathan Chen.
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Feb 15, 2022 · Long before becoming a world-renowned fashion designer, Vera Wang dreamed of Olympic figure skating. With her Olympic dream ending in 1968, “I was completely lost. Bereft. I needed to find something else that I could love as much. It turned out to be fashion.”
Feb 7, 2022 · Hear what Vera Wang had to share about designing Olympic figure skating costumes for iconic skaters like 2022 Team USA star Nathan Chen. Vera Wang initially turned down dressing Nancy...
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.
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.
