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Well, my whole thing is that I'm kind of like a show-off!

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Anna Sui
Age: 54
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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 love the fact that fashion always changes, and I hate the fact that it always changes.
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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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I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.
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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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Nothing's faster than the Internet.
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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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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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Creating a book and creating a collection involve a lot of editing.
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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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A piece of fabric can get me going.
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I never intended being a business person I wanted to be a fashion designer.
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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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