Sue Wong

Sue Wong
Sue Wong, Hollywood, California on April 30, 2014
Born	April 1949 (age 67–68)
Residence	Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Education	Los Angeles Technical Trade School
Occupation	Fashion designer
Style	Old Hollywood glamour
Spouse(s)	Ralph Homann (divorced)

Sue Wong (born April 1949) is a Chinese-born American fashion designer best known for her dress designs with a contemporary twist based on old Hollywood glamor style. Her collections, available in some 27 countries, have been noted for her interpretations of the traditions of couture dressmaking of romantic eras such as Weimar Berlin, 1930s Shanghai, pre-code Hollywood, and Manhattan’s gilded Jazz Age. She owns Sue Wong Studio S, based in Los Angeles, Cal.

Sue Wong was born in a remote countryside of southern China in April 1949. At age five, her mother bribed a border guard with her wedding jewels to allow their escape from Communist China into Hong Kong. A year later, they reached Los Angeles, where they united with Wong's father who had moved to the United States from China before she was born.

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. 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. Her senior prom dress was her own creation as well, adorned with beads handsewn into the bodice.