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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
Detroit
Michigan
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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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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 have a big responsibility to my licenses. All my licenses draw from and take ideas from the runway.
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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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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 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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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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Creating a book and creating a collection involve a lot of editing.
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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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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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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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Nothing's faster than the Internet.
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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’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 just love the whole idea of conversational prints.
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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 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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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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Totally girly - love all the childish sounds.
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