Vera Wang's 20 Fashion Lessons

The Huffington Post News Editors, Huffington Post
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 8:59am

By Samantha Critchell, Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) -- To make a name for yourself in fashion, especially a household name, there's a lot to learn about timing, trends, egos. Vera Wang has mastered many of those lessons in the 20 years she's led her own namesake company.Wang made a list for the Associated Press of 20 nuggets of wisdom she's gained in her career, not only as her own boss but reaching back to her time competitive ice-skating (she was a contender for the 1968 Olympic team), as a Vogue editor, and as a designer at Ralph Lauren.Read More... More on Designers

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