Jason Wu
Jason Wu
Jason Wuis a Taiwanese-born Canadian fashion designer based in New York City. He is most famous for designing the dresses of Michelle Obama on several occasions, including during the first and second inauguration of American President Barack Obama...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth27 September 1982
CityTaipei, Taiwan
CountryCanada
relevant selling unless
I happen to like selling clothes as much as creating them. It isn't relevant unless it sells.
areas began biggest design interested involved several since single sponsor worked
Brizo has been my single biggest sponsor since I began as a designer. Brizo wanted to be involved in many different areas of design - they had already worked with several architects, and fashion was an area they were interested in moving into.
taiwanese
The Taiwanese are big on tea. I think it's nice to slow down a bit. It's very much a custom.
body diane dress easy favorite girls knows
There's something to be said about a girl who knows what she wants. One of my favorite girls to dress is Diane Kruger. It's always so easy with her. I know her body and what works. When it's right, it's not a lot of effort.
call
I call white the most powerful non-color; it's clean, optimistic, powerful.
buy clients design dresses luxury money
There is always going to be that luxury customer out there. I have clients who buy $10,000 dresses and clients who buy $60 dresses. It's not so much about the money. Design is a mentality.
special quantity values
Buy things you truly love, things that are special, but not a lot of them. It's about value, not quantity.
fashion years careers
I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell into and really liked.
want littles glamorous
We all want to be a little glamorous, a little playful and a little mischievous at times.
gay interesting being-gay
I hope being gay isn't the most interesting thing about me.
beautiful nice thinking
I think clothing is transformative. When you put something really beautiful on, you feel something. In so many ways, were always playing a form of dress-up - its just a grown-up, much chicer version of it. Its nice to be able to be whoever you want to be.
fashion mean thinking
I think what I create is serious fashion, but I don't want to keep my focus on that. You have to look at a lot of different things. I mean, people are always surprised when they find out that my favorite show is RuPaul's Drag Race.
clothes designer streets
Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasnt always translated to the streets.
careers way dresses
Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.