She became a competitive skater, dabbled in speed skating and competed in pairs at the 1968 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. It was there that Wang's Olympic dream came to an end.

Vera Wang reflects on 30 years of designing Olympic figure skating costumes for the likes of Nathan Chen and Evan Lysacek in this exclusive interview.

Olympic skating world champion, Evan Lysacek of the U.S., lined up Vera Wang to design five costumes for Vancouver.