Alexander Wang (1984) is an American fashion designer.
Born to Taiwanese American parents, a native Californian, Alexander Wang was born and raised in San Francisco.
At age 18, he moved to New York City to attend Parsons The New School of Design to study fashion design. After dropping out in his sophomore year, he launched his first women's ready-to-wear collection in 2007. The label embodies casually cool downtown style, drawing inspiration from the nineties, French chic, and rock grunge—always finished off with a slouchy, rolled-out-of-bed edge. Wang launched a diffusion line of pre-weathered cotton tees, tanks, and T-shirt dresses in spring 2009, T by Alexander Wang, as well as a footwear collection of towering platform sandals.
He won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2008 and was acknowledged as the best accessory designer in 2011. His lines are now stocked globally by more than 30 of the world’s premiere retailers including Barneys New York, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Dover Street Market, Browns, Otte and Selfridges.
Wang is known for his edgy, somewhat masculine womenswear designs.
Now, Alex currently resides in Manhattan, NY, which is also home to his design studio and first flagship store that opened in March 2011 in Soho.
On November 30, 2012, Alexander Wang became Balenciaga's new creative director. The New York-based designer replaced Nicolas Ghesquière at the French fashion house, who left after 15 years at the helm.