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<p><b>Alexander Wang</b> (* <a href="26._Dezember" title="26. Dezember">26. Dezember</a> <a href="1983" title="1983">1983</a> in <a href="San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="Kalifornien" title="Kalifornien">Kalifornien</a>) ist ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">amerikanischer</a> <a href="Modesch%C3%B6pfer" class="mw-redirect" title="Modeschöpfer">Modeschöpfer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VogueBio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VogueBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Die nach ihm benannte Modemarke für Damen- und Herrenbekleidung im gehobenen Preissegment gründete er 2005 in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>. Von 2012 bis August 2015 war Wang Chefdesigner des Modeunternehmens <a href="Balenciaga_(Unternehmen)" title="Balenciaga (Unternehmen)">Balenciaga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Karriere">Karriere</h2></div>
<p>Wang studierte an der <a href="Parsons_The_New_School_for_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsons The New School for Design">Parsons Design School</a> Modedesign. 2005 gründete er sein eigenes Modelabel<sup id="cite_ref-FSBio_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSBio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und stellte 2007 seine erste <a href="Pr%C3%AAt-%C3%A0-porter" title="Prêt-à-porter">Ready-to-wear</a>-Kollektion vor. 2008 gewann er den <a href="Council_of_Fashion_Designers_of_America" title="Council of Fashion Designers of America">CFDA</a> / <a href="Vogue_(Zeitschrift)" title="Vogue (Zeitschrift)">Vogue</a> Fashion Fund, ein Stipendium von 20.000 <a href="US-Dollar" title="US-Dollar">US-Dollar</a> zur Vergrößerung seines Unternehmens.<sup id="cite_ref-nymag_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nymag-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Im gleichen Jahr lancierte er die Zweitlinie <i>T by Alexander Wang</i> zunächst für Damen, ab 2009 auch für Herren. 2012 wurde er Chefdesigner von <a href="Balenciaga_(Unternehmen)" title="Balenciaga (Unternehmen)">Balenciaga</a> in Paris, und damit Nachfolger von <a href="Nicolas_Ghesqui%C3%A8re" title="Nicolas Ghesquière">Nicolas Ghesquière</a>. Seine Mode, die sich hauptsächlich durch den Einsatz der Farbe schwarz auszeichnet, wird von Prominenten wie <a href="Megan_Fox" title="Megan Fox">Megan Fox</a>, <a href="Madonna_(K%C3%BCnstlerin)" title="Madonna (Künstlerin)">Madonna</a> oder Gwyneth Paltrow getragen.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fmdBio_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fmdBio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Im November 2014 schuf Alexander Wang eine niedrigpreisige Designer-Kollektion für die Modehauskette <a href="Hennes_%26_Mauritz" class="mw-redirect" title="Hennes & Mauritz">H&M</a>. Sein Engagement bei Balenciaga endete im August 2015.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preise_und_Auszeichnungen_(Auswahl)"><span id="Preise_und_Auszeichnungen_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Preise und Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)</h2></div>
<ul><li>2008 <i><a href="Council_of_Fashion_Designers_of_America" title="Council of Fashion Designers of America">CFDA</a>/VOGUE Fashion Fund</i><sup id="cite_ref-nymag_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nymag-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>2009 <i>Swiss Textiles Award</i><sup id="cite_ref-SWtext_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWtext-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
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<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alexander_Wang?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Alexander Wang</a></span></b> – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.alexanderwang.com/">Website der Modemarke Alexander Wang</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-VogueBio-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-VogueBio_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.vogue.de/tags/w/alexander-wang">https://www.vogue.de/tags/w/alexander-wang</a> </span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vogue.de/mode/mode-news/designerwechsel-alexander-wang-verlaesst-balenciaga">Vogue:Designerwechsel, Alexander Wang verläßt Balenciaga</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-FSBio-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-FSBio_3-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.famousfashiondesigners.org/alexander-wang">http://www.famousfashiondesigners.org/alexander-wang</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-nymag-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-nymag_4-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-nymag_4-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://nymag.com/thecut/2008/11/alexander_wang_wins_cfda_vogue.html">https://nymag.com/thecut/2008/11/alexander_wang_wins_cfda_vogue.html</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/Madonna/status/582392218452955136">https://twitter.com/Madonna/status/582392218452955136</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-fmdBio-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-fmdBio_6-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/alexander-wang/">fashionmodeldirectory:Alexander Wang</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-SWtext-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-SWtext_7-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r261891140">
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</style><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141107112754/http://www.swisstextiles.ch/cms/front_content.php?idart=581&changelang=2">Swiss Textiles Award</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 7. November 2014 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>)</span>
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