After six and a half years of marriage, Homann and Wong divorced, and she has remained unmarried. In her early 20s, Wong married artist and textile designer Ralph Homann and had two sons. Her clothing been worn by Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Vanessa Minnillo, Kelly Osbourne, Tyra Banks, and other celebrities. In 1999, she created Sue Wong Nocturne, an evening wear line that came just in time for the millennium. Since then, with her licensed brand, Sue Wong Studio S, Inc., and with her younger son Josh Homann as the COO, Wong has made a name for herself in the fashion industry. She finally found success when she founded her own clothing line in 1984. In 1979, Wong again attempted to establish her own business but was unsuccessful. By 1977, she had taken the company's sales from $5US million to $50US million. After a brief and failed attempt in 1970 to operate a boutique with her best friend in 1970, she returned to Arpeja in 1976 to become head designer of its Young Edwardian line. Sue Wong became an intern at Arpeja, a popular fashion-design label in the 1960s and '70s. Her senior prom dress was her own creation as well, adorned with beads handsewn into the bodice. A few years later, in junior high and high school, she insisted on designing and sewing herself a new dress for each weekly dance of the school year. When she was nine years old, Wong made her first blouse with her mom's Singer sewing machine from a scrap of fabric and some lace. While she was still trying to earn a Fashion degree, she interned with the resource brand Arpeja, after winning first place in a scholarship sponsored by the company, apprenticing under the head designer. In High School she was chosen from over three hundred female classmates to be a member of the May Company Teen Board, and landed the opportunity to work in various capacities including modeling, window display and merchandising. However, Sue started making her own clothes when she was nine years old. The daughter of struggling immigrants, there would be no budget in the spare family economy for toys Sue would create her own paper dolls and their entire lavish wardrobe, practicing her nascent interest in Fashion Design. As a child, her initial creative tendencies drew her to Art. Journeying to the United States a year later, mother and child reunited with Sue’s father in Los Angeles. The jacket is 41" from center back neck to hem.Born into humble circumstances in a remote countryside in Southern China, Sue was spirited away from her ancestral home at the age of five by her Mother, who longed to be reunited with her Father in America. The dress is 55" from top of shouder strap to hem. (All measurements taken with the fabric UNSTRETCHED.) The lining fabric is jersey so there's a bit of flexibility in the sizing. The tag says Medium (no M option above), though I was a street size 12 at the time. Satin-covered button and loop jacket closure with velvet ribbon placket from neck to waist.Lace fabrics match the dress and include 5" of lace at the wrist.Thick, 10" wide, vintage-style lace at the hem.Stretchy, silky-soft jersey lining (SO comfortable!).Stretchy, slighty shiny beige net-lace overdress.Wear with the jacket during the ceremony for a more formal look and without the jacket when you're ready to celebrate and dance the night away! Though I wore this gown as an unconventional wedding dress, I think it would be perfect for a Mother of the Bride and don't forget the Mother of the Groom! It's two looks in one.
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