At age 18, he moved to New York City to attend Parsons School of Design. In 2005, after two years at Parsons, he decided to pursue the launch of his own fashion label, which predominantly began with a knitwear collection. In Fall 2007, Wang presented a complete women’s ready-to-wear collection on the New York catwalk for the first time, to critical acclaim.
On 2012, Women’s Wear Daily reported that Wang has been named Creative Director at Balenciaga.
On 2014 it was announced that Alexander Wang would be the next designer to create a collection for Swedish-based fashion retailer H&M.
In 2016, he became the CEO and chairman of the Wang brand, succeeding his mother, Ying Wang, and sister-in-law, Aimee Wang. Alexander Wang hosts a New York Fashion Week show.
In 2017, Wang was named one of HypeBeast’s HB100, their top 100 influencers in the industry.
At age 18, he moved to New York City to attend Parsons School of Design. In 2005, after two years at Parsons, he decided to pursue the launch of his own fashion label, which predominantly began with a knitwear collection. In Fall 2007, Wang presented a complete women’s ready-to-wear collection on the New York catwalk for the first time, to critical acclaim.
On 2012, Women’s Wear Daily reported that Wang has been named Creative Director at Balenciaga.
On 2014 it was announced that Alexander Wang would be the next designer to create a collection for Swedish-based fashion retailer H&M.
In 2016, he became the CEO and chairman of the Wang brand, succeeding his mother, Ying Wang, and sister-in-law, Aimee Wang. Alexander Wang hosts a New York Fashion Week show.
In 2017, Wang was named one of HypeBeast’s HB100, their top 100 influencers in the industry.
