Monday, March 19, 2012

Vera Wang's Eurasian Daughters

Wang with her two "Eurasian" daughters

I was curious if Vera Wang had any children. Most other designers talk, or introduce, at some point their children. Amsale has done this, as has Carolina Herrera.

When I googled "Vera Wang children" I came across this site: 8 things you didn't know about Vera Wang. #7 was: Vera has two adopted children."

This didn't surprise me, since Wang left her family-forming years until her early forties, busy as she was building her Wang dynasty with clothing. Then, I wondered what kind of children Wang would adopt. Not white kids, surely?

It turns out that Wang has two adopted daughters described as "Eurasian" in this article. This makes sense. She doesn't want her children to look white, after all. And her wimpy husband (here's my post on him) who married her, will have no problem fulfilling his liberal charity by adopting forsaken children with uncertain backgrounds.

I wonder why they didn't adopt a son? Is it because of the one child policy in China that left infant girls abandoned, or left in orphanages, which turned into lucrative adoption centers to provide rich Americans, often of mixed Asian/white couples, with ready-made children to-go?

Wang with one of her daughters.
Wang is in some skimpy outfit,
perhaps trying to compete
with her daughter


Wang with leg showing, and holding a pose, next to a
more demure daughter. Did she consult with
Amy Chua a.k.a. Tiger Mom on how short
to wear her skirt/dress/t-shirt?