Jason Wu | Fashion Designer
The 27-year-old Jason Wu went from promise to prodigy faster than you can say “Michelle Obama.” He lives to make clothes but was born to sell them. “It’s my Asian background,” he explains. “There are no artists in my family, no designers. It’s all business. Read more
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