Per the Seattle Times (via Kwantifiable), designer Vera Wang will be inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame on Jan. 23 during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland. I am assuming she is being inducted for her design contributions to the sport.
"The only thing that I loved as much as skating were clothes," Wang once said.
Wang began skating when she was 8 and twice reached the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, finishing fifth in junior pairs with James Stuart in 1968. She worked at Vogue — where she was the youngest-ever fashion editor — and Ralph Lauren before opening her own boutique in 1990, selling her trademark wedding dresses and couture gowns.