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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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Anna Sui
Age: 54
Artist
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Fashion Designer
Detroit
Michigan
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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 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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Love this in the film, “Velvet Goldmine” it captures the excitement and the thrill at the moment of discovery!
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You still get the sheer quality coming through but you're covered.
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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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A piece of fabric can get me going.
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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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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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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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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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I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.
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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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Well, my whole thing is that I'm kind of like a show-off!
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The sexiest thing about a bikini is that it leaves something to the imagination, which is the best part.
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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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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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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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When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.
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