Vera Wang: Fashion Entrepreneurship

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Vera Wang! Vera Wang is a fashion entrepreneur that sells mostly clothes, wedding/prom dresses, perfume, makeup, bedding, wedding china, purses/accessories such as jewelry sunglasses, and shoes. Vera Wang was born on July 27, 1949 , is 67 years of age and was born in new york city . her parents are originally from china, her mom is Florence Wu, and her dad is cheng ching wang. She had a husband but they were separated in 2012, and she has 2 adopted daughters. Vera wang says that it's ok to fail she has failed many times but one that changed her life was that, she had been working for vogue for 17 years and never felt that happy she knew that her career was not going to change or take off so therefore she quit and started her

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