The so-called “Wang Girl” is a legend in New York, 20 years and still going. She went dark for a while as the designer dealt with allegations of sexual misconduct, but Wang embraced the spotlight fully Friday night with a matured look.
The first image guests were treated to upon entering the Citizen’s Savings Bank was the opposite of his usual gritty downtown cool: Martha Stewart playing Mahjong. Wang’s mother is a master at the game and this collection was a tribute to her, and women like Stewart, arguably the OG Wang girls of their generation.
“We’re really celebrating alpha females and the different facets and dualities of that meaning,” he said after congratulatory hugs from another alpha female, Cardi B, backstage. Wang continued: “Intentionally, we wanted to show one silhouette, on