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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
Beyond
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Common
Sense
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I think about that all of the time and I have this fantasy that I am going to work at a museum someday! I would love to do something like that!
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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.
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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 love the fact that fashion always changes, and I hate the fact that it always changes.
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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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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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I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.
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A piece of fabric can get me going.
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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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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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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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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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Every collection that I work on, I always think, Is this cool enough to wear to a concert?
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