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You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense.

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Anna Sui
Age: 54
Artist
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Detroit
Michigan
Dreams
Beyond
Focus
Common
Sense
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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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To me, fashion is like a mirror. It's a reflection of the times. And if it doesn't reflect the times, it's not fashion. Because people aren't gonna be wearing it.
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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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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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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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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.
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Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.
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I think you have to be in the right place at the right time. And understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it.
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I just love the way the '60s rock stars put themselves together, because they were like dandies and peacocks. They really lived out their fantasies - and dressed their fantasies.
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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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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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Every collection that I work on, I always think, Is this cool enough to wear to a concert?
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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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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.
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I think whenever people talk about the 'Anna Sui woman,' they're talking about someone that's probably kind of more downtown, and there's always like this ambiguity: Is she a good girl, or a bad girl?
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Fashion should be fun and accessible.
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I’m always about optimism and exuberance. It’s what I feel about fashion.
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To me if you're going have a show, it should be a show. It should be entertaining and take you on a journey.
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I never intended being a business person I wanted to be a fashion designer.
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Well, my whole thing is that I'm kind of like a show-off!
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