Alexander Wang (born December 26, 1983)

Alexander Wang (born December 26, 1983) is an American fashion designer.

At age 18, he moved to New York City to attend Parsons The New School for Design to study fashion design. After dropping out in his sophomore year, he launched his first women's ready-to-wear collection in 2007. The label embodies casually cool downtown style, drawing inspiration from the nineties, French chic, and rock grunge—always finished off with a slouchy, rolled-out-of-bed edge. Wang launched a diffusion line of pre-weathered cotton tees, tanks, and T-shirt dresses in spring 2009, T by Alexander Wang, as well as a footwear collection of towering platform sandals. He won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2008, an honor accompanied by a $200,000 award to expand one's business. His lines are now stocked globally by more than 30 of the world’s premiere retailers including Barneys New York, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Dover Street Market, Browns, Otte and Selfridges.

Wang is known for his edgy, somewhat masculine womenswear designs. After designing a Fall 2008 collection using black as the predominant color, he designed his Spring 2009 collection using bright colors such as orange, dusty purple, aqua and hot pink, and proclaimed, "They wanted color, they got color!". Although he reverted to using mainly black fabrics, he was praised for showing great tailoring skills.

Born to Taiwanese American parents, Alexander Wang went to summer design programs at OTIS. During his late teens, he lived in San Francisco. Alexander Wang attended Drew School and the Stevenson School in California for high school. He also attended The Harker School.

Wang launched his full women’s collection in 2007, selling to over 200 stores. He was nominated for a 2008 Council of Fashion Designers of America in Women's Wear and won a US$200,000 prize as the CFDA/Vogue (magazine) Fashion Fund Award winner. In 2008, Alexander Wang received top honors as the recipient of the Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund. He was featured in the November 2010 issue of Vogue in remembrance of winning the award in 2008, in an article entitled "The Aluminati". In 2009, he was recognized by his peers when he was announced as the winner of the Swarovski Womenswear Designer of the Year and in October 2009, he was the recipient of the Swiss Textiles Award. Alex was celebrated again in 2010 with another Swarovski Designer of the Year Award, this time in the Accessory category.





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