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As it seems to us, Vera Wang's life motto is "If you want it to be perfect, do it yourself". How did the former figure skater become a pioneer and founder of high wedding fashion and what creations of the famous fashion designer should be paid attention to?

Vera Wang was born in America in a wealthy family. Since childhood, she realized that the heights can be achieved through hard work - her father was able to create an international company, and her mother held a responsible position of interpreter at the UN. It was thanks to her mother that little Vera acquired good taste and love for fashion. Initially, Vera planned to become a professional athlete, the girl skated perfectly and won national championships. However, after failing to qualify for the Olympic team, Vera gave up her sports career - she had another serious hobby. She chose to study fashion and received a serious education on the subject - first in the USA at Sarah Lawrence College and then at the Sorbonne.

After her studies, Vera set a record - not in sports, but the first in her fashion career. She became the youngest member of the famous Vogue team. Working in the editorial office gave her a huge experience, Vera spent 17 years there, got acquainted with already famous couturiers and revealed many young talents to the world. There she also trained herself in the art of creating clothes. Her successor at Vogue was the super famous Anna Wintour.

The first step in the direct creation of fashion collections for faith was the brand Ralph Lauren. The girl began to manage the line of accessories and quite succeeded.

The apogee of her fashion activity, which determined the fate, was her own wedding. The bride could not choose a suitable dress and was very disappointed. In the end, she decided that no one better than herself would dress her for the wedding and, having hired a tailor, created a dress for herself. Realizing that she had succeeded beautifully and with the support of her family, Vera opened her first bridal and evening fashion boutique with Vera Wang bridal dresses. At that time, no one had ever made such an emphasis in the industry - Vera was a resounding success. But she still did not dare to sell her own designs despite already formed Vera Wang look.

As time passed, Hollywood stars began to notice personal Vera Wang wedding sets, and orders started pouring in. The designer began to work on sketches in full force. Even more publicity to Vera's dresses was given by the participation of some samples in motion pictures. Later, she partially fulfilled the dream of her youth - became part of the Olympics in figure skating. Vera did not take to the ice, but her costumes did - she created the uniforms for the participants from the USA.Famous athletes have won the Olympics and other championships. Vera, who skates even today, says that creating costumes for athletes is more complicated: it is necessary not only to make a beautiful image and harmonize a costume that will express personality and fit the performance, but also to observe all the rules and ensure the athlete's comfort during the performance.

The style of Vera Wang wedding dresses is recognizable and unique. The couturier has her own special handwriting, she strives to embellish every bride. Vera works with a wide variety of fabrics: tulle, chiffon, guipure, organza, silk etc. Simple and minimalistic is not one of her creations, every time the designer finds ornate ways to emphasize the versatility of a woman with marvelous shapes and silhouettes. Puffy skirts, flying meter-long plumes, layering and corsets - Vera strives to get away from flatness and simplicity, while maintaining elegance and really refined style and craving for beauty in every wedding outfit. We stroblgy recommend Vera Wang ready to wear bridal collections to explore.

Black by Vera Wang
Vera Wang loves the color black. This is evident both in her new evening collections and became obvious when she created an overwhelming and outstanding legendary collection of black wedding dresses. Then it created a real sensation. For many decades we are used to seeing a bride walking down the aisle in white, but it was not always so. 

In different eras, ladies wedding outfits in different nations were completely different colors. Since much of life in those eras was connected with religion, the outfits for such an important event had to contain sacred symbols. This made wedding outfits closer to national costumes. In the Middle Ages, royalty in European countries preferred scarlet, symbolizing their status and power until the Renaissance. In the North, outfits for weddings were sewn in dark shades, mostly black. In Eastern culture, white has long been considered a sign of grief, so wedding dresses in this color were forbidden to sew.

In history, white wedding outfits for women came to us at the suggestion of two queens. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots and sister of Queen Elizabeth I, who married a French prince in 1558, was the first to decide on such an innovation. Mary was a very extravagant woman for those times, so her decision was unique. The main pitch for white wedding dresses almost 3 centuries later was made by the English Queen Victoria, the bride of Prince Albert. The people were very fond of their new queen and avidly followed her tastes and example. So the snow-white modern wedding dresses entered the life of every bride and we follow this tradition today.  

To date, the brand Vera Wang is not only wedding dresses. The designer has expanded the range of her creations, now in the brand you can find haute couture collections: dresses and skirts, blouses, tops, blazers, shirts and much more. Each piece of clothing by Vera has her signature unique style and love for light and airy fabrics. Vera loves perfumery and has launched her own collection. We recommend paying attention to 3 lines of her perfumes: Vera Wang, Princess and Embrace collection. The designer is very fond of accessories (echoes of her fruitful collaboration with Ralph Lauren) - her sunglasses are worthy of your beautiful face. In a recent update, even Vera Wang's bedding collections for Vera Wang home have been revealed.

What other designers can you turn to for the most important outfit of your life?

Today, there are many couturiers ready to make an incredible bridal outfit for you. But there are some, such as Vera Wang, who specialize more, and know much more about bridal fashion. Let's take a look at who else can be your wedding fairy godmother.

Marchesa

The creative duo of American founders Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig met while studying at the College of Art and Design and decided to make a bridal brand. The designers' first collections were launched in 2004 and since then many top stars have married in their dresses and attended festive events.

Jenny Packham

British brand, founded in the late 80's, is famous for truly aristocratic images for brides, in which there are modern accents that give freshness and became the original handwriting of the fashion designer.

Carolina Herrera

American luxury brand, the founder of which has been in love with fashion since she was a teenager. The real role model for Carolina was Cristobal Balenciaga and from the time when she first created a few outfits to the present day you can feel real and high quality chic in the brand's clothes.

Elie Saab 

The Lebanese designer, who announced himself to the world in 1982, is known for his luxurious and elegant pret-a-porte collections, in which he skillfully combines the fashion trends of East and West in modern bridal dresses.

Zuhair Murad 

Another Lebanese-born designer founded his own brand at the very end of the last century. Zuhair studied fashion in Paris and has since dressed a huge number of celebrities for their most important events. Zuhair Murad wedding dress is what we call pure luxury.

Editor's Notes:

Wedding fashion is actually one of the most sensitive yet stable phenomena. First of all, you should be guided by your own feelings when choosing a dress - after all, you play a central role in the life-changing event. Don't be afraid to experiment, while at the same time choosing what you would normally like to wear. If your dream was a strapless corset dress, then feel free to take options that you wouldn't have decided on in another situation where it wouldn't have been a wedding dress. And remember - your happy eyes will be the most important decoration of the wedding style.