Jason Wu
Born September 28, 1982 in Taipei Taiwan to Chinese parents, the 27 year-old Vancouver, Canada raised (after 9 yo) Manhattan based fashion designer shot to global status when Michelle Obama wore his ivory silk-chiffon creation at the Presidential Inaugural Ball January 20, 2009. 
Michelle Obama had already worn one of his designs for a short appearance in a Barbara Walters Special with the President, which aired November 26, 2008. The first lady has since subsequently worn many of Wu’s designs.
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More fun facts about Jason Wu:
- Started his own fashion line in 2006 with family help and savings
- Also holds the position of Creative Director for Fashion Royalty, a line of designer dolls sold at F.A.O. Schwartz for $70-$400
- His savings include those from the above job, in which he started as a freelance fashion designer at age 16
- Wu’s dresses are sold at Bergdorf Goodman
- Expected 2009 sales: $4 million (no update since NYTimes report 1/2009)
- His mother sometimes drove him to bridal stores so he could make sketches of the gowns in the windows
- Began experimenting with fashion by using dolls as mannequins at 9 yo
- Spent his senior year of high school in France
- Left after 3.5 years at Parsons to intern with Narciso Rodriguez
- His boyfriend, Gustavo Rangel, also manages the company’s finances
- The Inaugural Ball dress that Michelle Obama wore and Wu designed is now at the Smithsonian
From Wu’s Fall 2009 Collection…
From Wu’s Spring 2010 Collection…
From Wu’s Pre-Fall 2010 Collection…
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Sources: WWD, NYTimes
More Info: Wiki, Jason Wu Website
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