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BiographyBorn in Taiwan, Wu moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at age nine and attended Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts and Loomis Chaffee, in Connecticut. before graduating from The Loomis Chaffee School in 2001, and studied at the Parsons The New School for Design at The New School. He later interned with Narciso Rodriguez. FashionWu launched his ready-to-wear line of clothes with earnings from his years of doll designs. Wu's early clients included Ivana Trump, January Jones, and Amber Valletta. He also worked extensively with drag queen RuPaul, ultimately designing six RuPaul dolls. Wu collaborated with CND (Creative Nail Design) for his Spring 2011 collection to create a set of four nail polish colours set to hit stores in May 2011. Michelle ObamaMichelle Obama was introduced to Wu by Andr?? Leon Talley, Vogue Magazines editor-at-large, who had been advising the future First Family of the United States|First Family on their appearance. She bought four dresses from Wu early in the year, wearing one of them for a segment on Barbara Walters Special shortly before the November 2008 election, prompting many in the media to consider her his "career-launcher". She wore another, a custom-designed one-shoulder, floor-length white chiffon gown, at the inaugural balls on the night of President of the United States|President Barack Obama's inauguration. Appearing on the cover of Vogue, Obama once again wore a Wu design, a magenta silk dress. Upon her arrival in London during the First Lady and President Barack Obama's first official European trip, Obama wore a chartreuse silk sheath dress designed by Wu; the next day she wore a Wu coat during her visit with the Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. On April 2, Obama paired a "traditional looking" teal Wu dress with a blue-patterned cardigan designed by Junya Watanabe on her visit to the Royal Opera House. ReferencesExternal links
Category:Living people Category:High fashion brands Category:American fashion designers of Chinese descent Category:Parsons School of Design alumni Category:People from Vancouver Category:People from Taipei Category:American people of Taiwanese descent Category:LGBT fashion designers Category:LGBT Asian Americans Category:LGBT people from Taiwan Category:1982 births zh:????????? This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Jason Wu".
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