A Day in the Life of Alexander Wang

Soon, Alexander Wang may have a bit more time on his hands. In addition to carrying the weight of his own brand — now a decade old and reportedly bringing in more than $100 million USD in sales each year — Wang has been manning Kering-owned French label Balenciaga since Nicolas Ghesquiere’s departure for Louis Vuitton back in 2012. While Wang’s tenure at the French label will come to an end with the debut of its Spring 2016 collection on October 2 at Paris Fashion Week, double duty, until then, will continue to see the designer splitting his time between New York and Paris as he works 11-hour days between red-eye flights. Recently The Wall Street Journal tried to keep up with the designer’s whirlwind pace, linking up with Wang in Los Angeles as he came to town with photographer Steven Klein to shoot a campaign for social-action nonprofit DoSomething.org.

You can see what a day in the life of Alexander Wang is like over at The Wall Street Journal‘s website while the publication’s “Wang by the Numbers” appears below.

Wang by the Numbers
20 emails Wang sends to himself on average per day, jotting down new ideas. At the end of the day he compiles them all into one email, which he sends to himself as well.

4 massages per month, approximately. He prefers deep tissue—the more painful, the better.

12 weeks a year Wang spends in Paris working on Balenciaga. He lives in a hotel in the eighth arrondissement and frequently orders in Chinese food.

$54.48 Price of a small black flight suit Wang buys at an army surplus store in L.A., in addition to two black tank tops.

72 years Age of his mother, who consults on the Wang brand, which is family owned. “She still wants to take on more,” he says.

20% Growth of the Wang brand annually from 2011 to 2014. There are now 23 Alexander Wang stores worldwide.

1 dog A miniature pinscher named Uni who has her own black leather tepee at Wang’s Tribeca apartment.

420 bracelets handed out to people waiting in line (some for 13 hours) for the Alexander Wang for H&M collaboration last fall in New York City. Each bracelet granted 15 minutes of shopping time.

6 sweaters in Wang’s inaugural collection. At his first trade show, he had 80 orders.