Anna Sui
Anna Sui
Anna Sui is an American fashion designer. She was named one of the "Top 5 Fashion Icons of the Decade" and in 2009 earned the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America, joining the ranks of Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Diane von Furstenberg. Her brand categories include several fashion lines, footwear, cosmetics, fragrance, eyewear, jewelry, accessories, and a gifts line. Anna Sui products are sold through her free-standing stores...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth4 August 1964
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
Every collection that I work on, I always think, Is this cool enough to wear to a concert?
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.
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.
I love the fact that fashion always changes, and I hate the fact that it always changes.
To me if you're going have a show, it should be a show. It should be entertaining and take you on a journey.
Nothing's faster than the Internet.
No one has ever found a solution for not doing a fashion show.
I love history. I love art. I like to mix it all together, but in the end it somehow has to all make sense.
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.
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.
I never intended being a business person I wanted to be a fashion designer.
I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.
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.
You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense.