Fashion Chat: Jason Wu

By Alexandra SUHNER ISENBERG

[Vancouver], December 7, 2011 - Once again I have Hudson's Bay Company's The Room to thank for allowing me access another fantastic designer. This time it was Jason Wu, and we sat down to talk couture detailing, slow fashion, and THAT Obama dress.

Alexandra Suhner Isenberg: I find in Canada we grasp onto "Canadian" designers, and take credit for them whenever we can. I didn't realize you'd only lived in Vancouver for such a short time (from age 9 to 13) yet we still like to consider you as "from Vancouver." What do you consider yourself as? Do you feel Canadian in any way?

Jason Wu: I guess I am sort of a child of the world, because I've lived in so many places. But Vancouver is definitely one of the places I lived in for the longest time, I built my foundations here before I went to high school in the States, and then went to France before I moved to New York.

ASI: What were you doing in France?

JW: I did my senior year there as an exchange student. A little adventure... I lived with a French family, it was fun.

ASI: Do you speak French?

JW: I didn't when I got there, but I do now! But its not great...read the full interview