Last night Sue Wong (@suewongfashion) graced the runway with her latest designs in Los Angeles. It was standing room only with media all around. The designer was presented with an award, handed by Dave Navarro (@davenavarro), for her innovating fashion style career in LA.
Sue Wong was born in a remote countryside in southern China and at the age of 6 her mother escaped with her from communist China. A year later Wong made her way to the US and reunited with her father is Los Angeles. As a young child she discovered a love for art creating paper dolls and their entire clothing line.
Following graduation Wong opened a boutique shop in Venice, California and shortly following another upscale boutique in West Hollywood which validated her signature vintage style. Wong “took details from vintage garments from the Twenties, Thirties and Forties, extracted the hand-made detailing such as beadwork and embroidery and redesigned an entire new garment, incorporating the detailing of the vintage embellishments into her new design. These elaborate creations were displayed and hung from wires suspended from the ceiling to create a gallery effect in her boutiques. She attracted a glamorous audience and following including Bianca Jagger and Goldie Hawn who were drawn to the beauty, magic and uniqueness of her designs.”
The designer decided to go back to Arpeja and became chief designer where she was able to take the company’s sales from 2 million dollars all the way to 52 million dollars within 3 years.
In 1985 Wong decided to create her own collection of day dresses. In 1999 she expanded with evening pieces, “a move that would firmly establish her signature style of haute glamour, femininity and romantic vintage sensibilities.”
With collections in some 27 countries, Wong has created timeless and romantic pieces. “Sue Wong lives for one thing: to spread glamour and beauty!” STAY TUNED AS WE WILL POST MORE IMAGES FROM SUE WONG FASHION RUNWAY SHOW.
PHOTO CREDIT: DOUGLAS LAGOS