Vera Wang Fulfills Her Own Olympic Dreams By Dressing Figure Skaters Like Nathan Chen
Wang’s road to the Olympics was paved as two passions merged, showing her that figure skating and fashion are cut from the same cloth.: Dressing Nancy KerriganNancy Kerrigan finishes her long performance at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Games in a costume designed by Vera Wang.Wang was asked to design Nancy Kerrigan’s costumes by her coach, Mary Scotvold, ahead of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. She initially declined because she hadn’t done it before.
That ranged from the simplicity of a solid-white, no-frills costume worn in 1992, to the elegance of a flesh-colored dress featuring over 10,000 heat-pressed rhinestones in 1994. The sleeves on the latter introduced a transparent, stretch illusion fabric so thin and form-fitting it left Wang fearful of a rip.
That pressure increased ahead of the 2010 Olympics when Wang was asked to design for Evan Lysacek. Dressing a male figure skater for the first time meant more torque, more jumps, more fabric, more stitching and more stress.Lysaceck went on to win gold as the Olympic champion while wearing Wang’s black one-piece featuring bejeweled snakes that wrapped around his neck and torso.
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