Tony Wang

Tony Wang (born November 6th 1989) is an American-Chinese fashion designer & fashion blogger. Hailing from New York, living in San Francisco, and receiving his Wharton eduction in Philadelphia, Tony Wang is a fashion and entrepreneurial maven. Tony Wang is known mainly for his involvement in the fashion community. He has his own fashion label TONY WANG that produces urban wear for men and women. It has been featured in various fashion shows such as the annual APAHW Fashion Show at the University of Pennsylvania. Tony Wang is also a well-known fashion blogger and the editor-in-chief of his self-started blogger collective . He has been interviewed by Katie of Seventeen magazine for his involvement in the blogging community and has written numerous articles that have been selected as a top 20 blog article by the Independent Fashion Blogger's Association (IFB) . Tony Wang is also known for his business research, particularly in the field of fashion retailing and marketing. His best known piece of research is his work entitled An Agent-Based Model of Viral Marketing: Comparing online-based viral and traditional marketing in a closed system for fashion trends in a competitive setting.
Tony Wang is currently a student at the University of Pennsylvania at The Wharton School where he is studying finance, entrepreneurship/innovation, and operations and information management. He also has been actively involved in the development of Penn's fashion presence by being a coordinator and host for the first ever BCBGeneration WAX Walk Off.
Early Life
Tony Wang was born on November 6, 1989 in Queens, New York. He was almost immediately sent back to China though because his parents, newly emigrated from China to study in the states, could not afford to raise him in America. Tony spent his first two years in China under the care of his grandparents. Upon returning, he spent most of his life growing up in various parts of the Bay Area in California, where his parents ultimately decided to settle.
For high school, Tony Wang attended Miramonte High School. During his high school years, Tony become highly involved in public speaking as a competitive member of the speech and debate team. He competed in the National Forensic League in Extemporaneous Speaking, Mock Congress, Public Forum debate, and Lincoln-Douglas debate. His notable awards and accomplishments include 1st place in Public Forum Debate at the 2007 Stanford National Invitational, 3rd in the 2008 California State Championships in International Extemporaneous speaking, and 6th place in the 2007 National NFL Tournament in Extemporaneous Commentary. Tony Wang was the President of his high school's speech team for two years in a row from his junior year to his senior year. Tony was also the ASB President of his school during his senior year of high school from 2007 to 2008, winning as the under-dog candidate of his school.
Tony Wang graduated from Miramonte in 2008 and is now attending the The Wharton School for his undergraduate studies.
Career
Fashion Designer
It was in his junior year of high school that he also conceived of his clothing line TONY WANG. Having been inspired from a trip to his birth state of New York, he began to create a concept portfolio of men's pieces inspired by the motifs of waves and roots. After he created the portfolio, he decided to try to get it created by a manufacturer. Through his various cold calls and efforts, he was able to secure a meeting with the president of a large Shenzhen based clothing manufacturer. The president was highly impressed by the portfolio but could not create any clothing unless Tony had also done the design specifications. Since Tony had no technical background, he could not offer the president such specifications.
Tony was determined to create his clothing line so he self-taught himself design specifications and other technical aspects of fashion by going online and reading free, online fashion design resources such as lecture slides from fashion schools indexed by Google. He spent a year learning how to create pieces and translating his collection into design specs over the course of his senior year.
After teaching himself the art of fashion design, he re-contacted the manufacturer and was able to get his pieces created. His first collection, entitled 3st, consists of five pieces of urban wear for men and women and was launched in March 2009. In order to prepare for the launch, Tony Wang also created his own website for his clothing line, .
The collection is currently carried by Matthew Izzo, a fashion boutique in Philadelphia. He is currently conducting trunk shows in the local area.
Fashion Blogger
Tony Wang is better known for his presence in the blogging community as a reputable fashion blogger. His blog, , is a nationally read blog that draws in general consumers and important members of the fashion community. His readership includes William Baer the Senior VP of HR at Bloomingdales and Harriet Sternberg, an executive producer of America's Best Dance Crew. His blog has been interviewed by Seventeen magazine . His articles have won recognition from the blogging world by being named a top 20 article of the week by the Independent Fashion Bloggers association . He has been asked to attend various fashion events as a fashion muse.
Tony Wang first started the website in October of 2008. However, the fashion blog's current vision as a "creative collective of individual in pursuit of fashion" was only implemented in October of 2009. The blog has come to include other writers. He currently manages around ten authors and acts as the editor-in-chief of the blog while stille being an active blogger.
Under Tony's direction, currently specializes in interviewing and identifying top new talent in the fashion world and exposing them to the national community. Amongst his interviews, Tony Wang has interviewed Marina Makaron , which is currently the top article about Marina in Google Blog Search , Cristina Vitiello, also the top article in Google Blog Search , and Dora Mojzes .
has also been covered by various other new sources as having unique content, especially from Tony's interviews with upcoming fashion designers.
Tony Wang has been a guest blogger for BCBGeneration for the past year.

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