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Sue Wong was born in a remote countryside of southern China in April 1949. At age five, her mother bribed a border guard with her wedding jewels to allow their escape from Communist China into Hong Kong.
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Her collections, available in some 27 countries, have been noted for her interpretations of the traditions of couture dressmaking of romantic eras such as Weimar Berlin, 1930s Shanghai, pre-code Hollywood, and Manhattan’s gilded Jazz Age. She owns Sue Wong Studio South, based in Los Angeles, California A year later, they reached Los Angeles, where they united with Wong"s father who had moved to the United States from China before she was born.
When she was nine years old, Wong made her first blouse with her mom"s Singer sewing machine from a scrap of fabric and some lace.
A few years later, in junior high and high school, she insisted on designing and sewing herself a new dress for each weekly dance of the school year. Her senior prom dress was her own creation as well, adorned with beads handsewn into the bodice.
Sue Wong became an intern at Arpeja, a popular fashion-design label in the 1960s and "70s. After a brief and failed attempt in 1970 to operated a boutique with her best friend in 1970, she returned to Arpeja in 1976 to become head designer of its Young Edwardian line.
By 1977, she had taken the company"s sales from $5US million to $50US million.
In 1979, Wong again attempted to establish her own business but was unsuccessful. She finally found success when she founded her own clothing line in 1984. In 1999, she created Sue Wong Nocturne, an evening wear line that came just in time for the millennium.
Her clothing been worn by Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Vanessa Minnillo, Kelly Osbourne, Tyra Banks, and other celebrities.
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