Anna Sui Quotes
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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 just love the whole idea of conversational prints.
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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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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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Fashion should be fun and accessible.
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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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Love this in the film, “Velvet Goldmine” it captures the excitement and the thrill at the moment of discovery!
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I knew since the age of four that I wanted to be a clothing designer. I read an article in LIFE magazine about two young ladies that graduated from Parsons School of Design, and when they graduated they went to Paris and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor opened a boutique for them. So I thought, "Oh, I just have to go to Parsons, that's all."
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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 never intended being a business person I wanted to be a fashion designer.
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I’m always about optimism and exuberance. It’s what I feel about fashion.
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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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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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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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You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense.
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I love history. I love art. I like to mix it all together, but in the end it somehow has to all make sense.
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Totally girly - love all the childish sounds.
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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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Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.
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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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A piece of fabric can get me going.
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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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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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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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You still get the sheer quality coming through but you're covered.
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I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.
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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 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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