Well, the lady definitely has style!
Vera Wang, one of the most celebrated wedding gown designers, has agreed to join the television celebrity dance competition, Dancing With the Stars, according to TV Guide.
Prior to competitors actually stepping foot onto the dance floor, it is difficult to know whether they posses the grace, elegance and funk for dance. But one look into Wang's resume gives a hint that she might be loaded with all of the right attributes to do well in the dancing competition.
Back in the 1960's Wang was making her mark not for fashion, but for figure skating -- a sport noted for power, style, elegance and grace. After beginning to skate at the tender age of eight, Wang went on and actually competed in the sport's annual championship in 1968.
"Skating was a chance for me to express myself in a creative way," Wang, 60, told WWD Fashion. "It was the blend of all worlds -- music, dance, athletics, choreography and, of course, costumes. From an early age, I really fell in love with what a body could look like, what it could do, what you could express and how you could look."
There are several words in Wang's interview response that seem equally as applicable to dancing as to skating -- express, creative, music, dance, choreography, and even costumes. Might she possibly design her own Dancing With The Stars costumes?
While Wang did not continue with a skating career, she did find a way to combine her love of skating and fashion -- she designed skating costumes for Olympic figure staking medalists Michelle Kwan and Nancy Kerrigan.
And the precident for moving from skating championship to dancing championship has already been set. Season 6 Dancing with the Stars winner was 1992 Olympic figure-sking champion Kristi Yamaguchi.
Wang may not have won Olympic gold as a skater -- but she just might be able to pull off winning the Dancing With the Stars' mirrored trophy!
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