- Was fashion editor at Vogue magazine for 16 years before starting her career of designing wedding dresses.
- Her niece is film star Emmy Rossum.
- Used to be a serious figure skater. She has also designed outfits for such famous skaters as Nancy Kerrigan and Michelle Kwan.
- Designed the wedding dresses of singer Jessica Simpson & actress Sarah Michelle Gellar.
- She designed the wedding dress for Susan Downey for her wedding to Robert Downey Jr..
- Designed Jennifer Garner's dress for her wedding to Ben Affleck.
- Has two daughters: older daughter was born in 1991 and her younger daughter was born in 1993.
- Daughter of Florence Wu (Wu Chifang), a U.N. translator, and Cheng Ching Wang (Wang Chengqing), who owned a medicine company. Her maternal grandfather Wu Junsheng, a Fengtian clique warlord, was killed by the Empire of Japan in the 1928 Huanggutun incident.
- Lives in New York City with her husband, Arthur Becker, & 2 daughters
- Designed the wedding dress for Judith Nathan, the bride of former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani. Also attended the wedding.
- Designed the wedding dress for Lhotse Merriam for her wedding to Tony Hawk.
- Didn't design a wedding dress until age 40.
- Designed the wedding dress for Anne Stringfield for her wedding to Steve Martin.
- Designed the asymmetrical wedding gown worn by Alicia Keys in 2010.
- Designed Hailey Bieber's wedding gown for her marriage to Justin Bieber (2018).
- Designed the wedding gowns for both First Daughters Ivanka Trump (2009) and Chelsea Clinton (2010).
- Designed the wedding gowns for 5 collector edition Barbie dolls made by Mattel before she herself finally received a Barbie doll sculpted in her likeness, a Black Label doll released as part of the Tribute Collection in 2022.
- Designed the formal yellow prom gown worn by Michelle Williams for the 2006 Oscars red carpet appearance.
- She was awarded the 2021 National Medal of the Arts in Washington D.C.
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