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A piece of fabric can get me going.

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Anna Sui
Age: 54
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Fashion Designer
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Nothing's faster than the Internet.
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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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No one has ever found a solution for not doing a fashion show.
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I don't have the luxury of making clothes just to make an effect. It can't be something totally frivolous, because my distributors have to have a successful season, too.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Creating a book and creating a collection involve a lot of editing.
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Fashion should be fun and accessible.
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I never intended being a business person I wanted to be a fashion designer.
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You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense.
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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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You still get the sheer quality coming through but you're covered.
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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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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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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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