In this interview, New York-born fashion designer Vera Wang sits down with MOCA to discuss her background and career in fashion. She credits her mother, a true fashion icon before the coining of the term, as an early source of her fashion training. From a young age, she also started figure skating, which she describes as one of the most expressive sports there is since it was all about lines, movement and grace. Wang had a long career at Vogue and then moved on to Ralph Lauren, both of which gave her opportunities to learn from and work with some of the greatest talents in the business. She feels that being Chinese American presents yet another complexity but is also a wonderful asset because she is able to bring a sense of freedom as well as the disclipine, love, structure and support of a Chinese family to her work. The piece she chose to showcase in the exhibit reflects the work she has done in bridal, a special area of creativity that has enabled her to be theatrical and in the process redefine the vocabulary of bridal fashion. She reflects that the wonderful thing about fashion today is its democratization and the fact that there is not just one path. She finds the current maturation and acceptance of Chinese American designers heartwarming, and as one of the first of an earlier generation, hopes that perhaps some of the things she has done in her career has helped others to feel enabled to pursue a career in fashion as well.