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I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.

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Anna Sui
Age: 54
Artist
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Detroit
Michigan
Suburbs
Detroit
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Totally girly - love all the childish sounds.
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Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.
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You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense.
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I just love the whole idea of conversational prints.
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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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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.
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When I started my own business, my main reason for designing clothes was that I wanted to dress rock stars and the people who went to rock concerts. It didn't go beyond that aspiration at that point.
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I have a big responsibility to my licenses. All my licenses draw from and take ideas from the runway.
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A piece of fabric can get me going.
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I’m always about optimism and exuberance. It’s what I feel about fashion.
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No one has ever found a solution for not doing a fashion show.
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I love the fact that fashion always changes, and I hate the fact that it always changes.
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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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There are always different influences each season. It could be a person, it could be a piece of furniture it depends on what I'm obsessing about.
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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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When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.
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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!
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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 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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Love this in the film, “Velvet Goldmine” it captures the excitement and the thrill at the moment of discovery!
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