That Wedding Dress

In an interview with CNBC’s Michael Eisner, wedding dress designer Vera Wang says the most expensive wedding gown she’s ever created was never worn. Wang created a wedding dress for singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, during her engagement to actor Ben Affleck. The wedding was canceled and the dress was never seen in public. Reportedly, Lopez burned the dress. Wang was never paid for the gown. Some reports say that Lopez refused to pay for the dress; others say that Wang offered it at no charge in exchange for the publicity.

Wang, who designed (but did not manufacture) her own wedding dress, is married to Arthur Becker and will celebrate her 20th wedding anniversary in 2009. Wang, who was a 1968 Olympic figure skating hopeful, started designing wedding dresses after being disappointed in the selections available at the time she was planning her own wedding. Wang sketched her own dress and took it to a colleague, who turned the drawing into a dress, reportedly worth $10,000 at the time. Aside from wedding dresses, Wang designed skating costumes for Nancy Kerrigan and Michelle Kwan and outfits for the Philadelphia Eagles’ cheerleading squad. Wang also offers a ready-to-wear line of women’s clothing.

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