Vera Wang is the Exemplar of Elegance and Modish Fashion

When people start chatting about brides, gowns, engagements, bridal showers, and weddings, bringing up famed fashion designer Vera Wang can't be helped -- just like deciding on what theme or cake to have at the reception. Wang has certainly made herself significant enough to be a part of the international pop living. Every female wants to be in a dress she made, every fashion expert absolutely adores her clothes, and every woman certainly wants to be like her.

With a charecterful Chinese-American upbringing and a famed Art History degree under her belt, she made her way into the fashion industry armed with so much passion and know-how without any trouble at all. She put her fondness for figure skating on the sidelines and pursued her passion for dressmaking instead. For almost two decades, she was employed as Vogue's fashion editor and later on signed on with the Ralph Lauren design team. After making such an impact in the world of fashion, she started designing brilliant bridal gowns in her very first Carlyle Hotel salon in NYC, and the rest, they say, is history. These days, ordering a Vera Wang dress (or two) is more than just a very expensive pastime -- it's a fashion statement that will certainly last for years.