Alexander Wang was born and raised in San Francisco, California and later moved to New York City to attend Parsons School of Design. In 2005, after two years, he pursued the launch of his own label. The collection began predominately in knitwear, represented by six unisex silhouettes. In Spring 2007, it had evolved into a full Women’s ready-to-wear line and the collection was shown for the first time on the runway in Fall 2007.
In 2008, Wang received top honors as the recipient of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund and launched his first handbag collection the same year; in 2009, he was recognized by his peers when announced the winner of the Swarovski Womenswear Designer of the Year. Also in 2009, Women’s T by Alexander Wang and footwear launched, while Men’s T by Alexander Wang launched in 2010. Men’s ready-to-wear launched in 2011 and Wang was acknowledged by GQ as Best New Menswear Designer of the Year and by the CFDA for Best Accessory Designer that same year. In 2013, Wang was honored with the Fashion Star award by the Fashion Group International.
In 2014, Alexander Wang was the first American to be invited as guest designer of H&M’s prestigious collaborations, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of their designer collections. From 2012 to 2015, Wang also served as Creative Director of Balenciaga.
Alexander Wang opened its first flagship store, February 2011, in SoHo, NYC. Alexander Wang opened its second flagship store in April 2012 in Beijing, China and third in October 2013 in Tokyo’s Aoyama district. The brand’s first freestanding store in Europe opened in Mayfair, London in August 2015. Today, Alexander Wang has over 25 stores worldwide, including its own E-Commerce site shipping to more than 50 countries. Men’s and Women’s categories offer ready-to-wear, T by Alexander Wang, handbags, footwear and small leather goods, and the Objects collection, a curation of personal lifestyle items, which are also sold to over 700 of the world’s leading retailers across all categories.
In its essence, the Alexander Wang brand’s sensibility is a reflection on contrasts, blending seamlessly between the refined and the imperfect. His collections have an unprecious outlook on fashion, and always reflect a sense of ease. He is renowned for his irreverent approach and for perpetually evolving and re-contextualizing the urban uniform.