“Boy wonder” designer Wang wins textile award
A San Francisco-born fashion designer favoured by partygoers like Kate Moss and Lindsay Lohan has won the top prize at the Swiss Textile Awards.
Alexander Wang, a cutting-edge designer educated at New York’s prestigious Parsons design school, picked up the Stella Contemporary Fashion Award in Zurich on Thursday.
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Courtesy : www.swissinfo.ch
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