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Jason Wu

Researcher

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Jason Wu talks about his love for cats and how they are sassy and picky. He mentions starting as a toy designer before moving into fashion, and how he values women’s input when creating dresses. He also notes that his clients range from $60 shoppers to $10,000 luxury buyers.

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Jason Wu is a researcher.

Quick Facts About Jason Wu

Profession: Researcher

About Jason Wu

Jason Wu is a Canadian artist and fashion designer based in New York City.

Quotes by Jason Wu

Actually, I'm probably 99-and-a-half percent plastic now.

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I hope I am the antithesis of disposable fashion.

Antithesis

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I hope being gay isn't the most interesting thing about me.

Being gay

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I made a rule not to be on reality shows.

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My Chinese zodiac is a dog. But I'm an exception because of how much I love cats.

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I call white the most powerful non-color; it's clean, optimistic, powerful.

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My cats are really sassy and sophisticated, but most importantly, they are picky.

Cat

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I love a little bit of glamour and I love tall girls.

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Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.

Being

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I've always loved the rustic, slightly worn style of Canvas and that element of an artisanal hand. It's so inherently chic.

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I love the idea of working with women because I always feel like a man designing womenswear needs women around him to…

Design

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I never thought of myself as being limited to fashion. I'm a designer, and if you have a vision, you can apply…

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I would buy Barbies and take them apart and then remake their looks. I used them for hairstyling. It was a whole…

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When I moved to America, I knew I wanted to be a designer. I never imagined one of my dresses would end…

America

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When I was growing up, you sort of did the unthinkable. You did something that has never really been replicated.

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The Taiwanese are big on tea. I think it's nice to slow down a bit. It's very much a custom.

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It's nice to be able to be whoever you want to be. I moved to New York for that reason. I think…

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A lot of my peers don't think about collaborating the way I do. My approach is to imagine my world. The Jason…

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My mom used to take me to antique shows, which I hated because everything was so dusty and old and there were…

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The worst thing is to be a designer and create work that isn't honest. You have to be honest. Otherwise, you'll always…

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I think a beautiful dress on the wrong woman could mean nothing. It has to be the right woman and the right…

Beautiful

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I'm an American designer. It's important to riff on that. I remember, when my mom and I first came to the States,…

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You're always in the mode of creating the next season. It's so fast, and in two months, the collection you just did…

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I saw my potential as artistic director, which is very different from designer. Fashion companies might have $200 million to $300 million…

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A perfectly fitted sheath dress that can take you from day to night is something that every woman should have in her…

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My favorite thing about Taiwan is the food.

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I've been known to create clothes that are very formfitting and feminine.

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My mom is a really good cook. We used to make dumplings together.

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Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasnt always translated to the streets.

Clothes

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Anyone who knows me knows that I don't know anything about politics. Every time I go to Washington, I feel like I'm…

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I had a hard time in middle school. I was never really quite me until I was 16 or 17, and things…

Bullying

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I happen to like selling clothes as much as creating them. It isn't relevant unless it sells.

Clothes

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That's the fun thing about fashion: it changes. One day, we're into short, the next we're into full length for day, or…

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Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasn't always translated to the streets.

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As a designer you have to just do whatever you want to do. The second I came to terms with that, it…

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My inspirations come from everywhere. It's important to look at everything and anything.

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I love the romance of Paris. I love Angelina [tearoom and pastry shop]. I always get a Mont-blanc [pastry] there.

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I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell…

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Buy things you truly love, things that are special, but not a lot of them. It's about value, not quantity.

Inspirational

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We all want to be a little glamorous, a little playful and a little mischievous at times.

Glamorous

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