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I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.

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Anna Sui
Age: 54
Artist
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Fashion Designer
Detroit
Michigan
Suburbs
Detroit
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I always say the next big thing will happen in unexpected places - up and coming cities that aren't necessarily boom markets.
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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.
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Every collection that I work on, I always think, Is this cool enough to wear to a concert?
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You just pray that something is going to hit you like lightning. Like a movie, a book, or a photograph, a painting, something that you can riff on it and learn more about it and explore it, and just go on a journey with it. So lots of times when I choose a theme, I'll also incorporate other things that I'm doing at that period.
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Love this in the film, “Velvet Goldmine” it captures the excitement and the thrill at the moment of discovery!
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What people look to me for is a whole look. People come to me for icing on the cake, not a basic stretch pant.
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Well, my whole thing is that I'm kind of like a show-off!
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I never intended being a business person I wanted to be a fashion designer.
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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.
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I love history. I love art. I like to mix it all together, but in the end it somehow has to all make sense.
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