At age 18, he moved to New York City to attend Parsons The New School for Design to study fashion design. After dropping out in his sophomore year, he launched his first women's ready-to-wear collection in 2007. The label embodies casually cool downtown style, drawing inspiration from the nineties, French chic, and rock grunge—always finished off with a slouchy, rolled-out-of-bed edge. Wang launched a diffusion line of pre-weathered cotton tees, tanks, and T-shirt dresses in spring 2009, T by Alexander Wang, as well as a footwear collection of toweringplatform sandals. He won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2008, an honor accompanied by a $200,000 award to expand one's business. His lines are now stocked globally by more than 30 of the world’s premiere retailers includingBarneys New York, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Dover Street Market, Browns, Otte and Selfridges.
 
Wang is known for his edgy, somewhat masculine womenswear designs. After designing a Fall 2008 collection using black as the predominant color, he designed his Spring 2009 collection using bright colors such as orange, dusty purple, aqua and hot pink, and proclaimed, "They wanted color, they got color!". Although he reverted to using mainly black fabrics, he was praised for showing great tailoring skills。, Alexander Wangintroduces strappy, feminine heels with tassels and frilly puffs of fox fur for fall/winter 2011. But die-hard fans of the label need not be disappointed – these metallic newcomers bear the brand's devil-may-care ease with a dash of sass. More classic cool-girl styles in this season's cast include boots and heeled sandals because, let's face it, it just wouldn't be Wang without them.