We komen van alles over Vera te weten! Wist je bijvoorbeeld dat ze ooit fashion assistent was van de legendarische Vogue-redacteur Polly Mellen? Ook schaatste ze ooit (figuurschaatsen) op Olymisch niveau. Vera: "I love to skate, I like the feeling of the freedom... there's the element of knowing your own body, there's the element of speed, there's the element of music and costume, but the most wonderful thing is the wind in you face when you skate."
"Anna zit niet naast losers"
Toen Vera voor zichzelf begon was de groei in de business langzaam en behoedzaam. Over de CFDA Awards v 2005, waar ze de 'Womenswear Designer of the Year' titel won vertelt ze: "I sat there and my daughters did not come. I didn't want them to cry if I lost like the did when Michelle Kwan lost at the Olympics. But I was sitting next to Anna Wintour and she said, "Get your daughters here... I don't sit with losers." She didn't know I was going to win, no, but she had a very good feeling it was my moment. And it was a moment. That was my moment. She actually sent for my children to come, it was the nicest thing."
Uitgelachen door Oscar de la Renta & Michael Kors
Wat ze verder vertelde? Dat ze onder andere uitgelachen werd door Oscar de la Renta! Tijdens een bezoek aan het Witte Huis droeg Wang per ongeluk twee verschillende kleuren schoenen, door haar haast: "Everyone noticed! Oscar (de la Renta, red.) was laughing is head off and Michael (Kors, red.) said, 'Only you, Vera'."