CCTV America interviews designer Vera Wang about running her company

Global Business

When women do succeed in the fashion business, they can succeed in a spectacular way. Renowned designers such as Donna Karan, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Vera Wang have all built iconic fashion empires. CCTV America’s Shraysi Tandon interviewed Wang about how she made a billion-dollar global brand.

CCTV America interviews designer Vera Wang about running her company

When women do succeed in the fashion business, they can succeed in a spectacular way. Renowned designers such as Donna Karan, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Vera Wang have all built iconic fashion empires. CCTV America’s Shraysi Tandon interviewed Wang about how she made a billion-dollar global brand.

 

CCTV America’s Shraysi Tandon interviewed iconic fashion designer Vera Wang just before Mercedes Benz Fashion Week about the challenges of working in a male-dominated fashion industry.

Tandon asked Wang one more question, about what her biggest influence is in her creative work:

One More Question for Vera Wang: What's your biggest creative influence?

CCTV America's Shraysi Tandon interviewed fashion designer Vera Wang, on how American culture influences her designs.

“One of the things that influences me the most is our culture, the American culture, probably more now than every before. I mean a lot of designers are focused on Paris, there’s no question. But I think for me, at this particular time, in this particular decade, the American sense of style has yet again come to the forefront,” Wang said.

“It very much influences me: What’s going on in media, what’s going on in media, what’s going on in film, what’s going on in Hollywood. All of these factors are contributing to how I view where we’re going and hence what I’m doing. Culturally it’s a very American time right now. In terms of business, it’s the decade of China.”