Quote

Fashion should be fun and accessible.

Anna Sui

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Anna Sui
Age: 54
Artist
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Detroit
Michigan
Accessible
Fashion
Fun

More quotes by Anna Sui

Image
You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense.
Anna Sui
Image
To me if you're going have a show, it should be a show. It should be entertaining and take you on a journey.
Anna Sui
Image
What people look to me for is a whole look. People come to me for icing on the cake, not a basic stretch pant.
Anna Sui
Image
I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.
Anna Sui
Image
I just love the whole idea of conversational prints.
Anna Sui
Image
At the point when I wanted to become a designer, I didn't think about, 'Oh, but I'm a woman,' just like didn't think about like, well, 'I'm Chinese' or that 'I'm in Michigan.' You know, none of those things were obstacles to me. I just had this idea that this is what I had to do.
Anna Sui
Image
Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.
Anna Sui
Image
I love history. I love art. I like to mix it all together, but in the end it somehow has to all make sense.
Anna Sui
Image
Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.
Anna Sui
Image
Every collection that I work on, I always think, Is this cool enough to wear to a concert?
Anna Sui
Image
I think that fashion has become such a big business and with globalization we are on new territory at this point. We are not just designing for a country we are designing for a world now.
Anna Sui
Image
Love this in the film, “Velvet Goldmine” it captures the excitement and the thrill at the moment of discovery!
Anna Sui
Image
Totally girly - love all the childish sounds.
Anna Sui
Image
The red library is Sui's tribute to fashion maven Diana Vreeland, who served as editor for Harper's Bazaar (1939-1962) and Vogue (1963-1961). My most precious collection is my bound Vogue magazines, .. and they're kind of like my Bible. I look at them all the time when I'm trying to inspire myself for a collection.
Anna Sui
Image
When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don't share their inspiration, when it's obvious somebody had such great inspiration.
Anna Sui
Image
I knew since the age of four that I wanted to be a clothing designer. I read an article in LIFE magazine about two young ladies that graduated from Parsons School of Design, and when they graduated they went to Paris and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor opened a boutique for them. So I thought, Oh, I just have to go to Parsons, that's all.
Anna Sui
Image
I think I'm a global citizen. My parents came from China, were educated in France and emigrated to the United States. And I think that opened up my mind to be able to live and work anywhere.
Anna Sui
Image
I love the fact that fashion always changes, and I hate the fact that it always changes.
Anna Sui
Image
From the season I did the butterfly faux tattoos on the models on the runway, every collection we do has to have a butterfly t-shirt or trim or print. People come to me for butterflies!
Anna Sui
Image
I always say the next big thing will happen in unexpected places - up and coming cities that aren't necessarily boom markets.
Anna Sui