Anna Sui Quotes

• When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.

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• When I was starting, there were wool mills in the U.S. that could make you anything. The U.S. used to produce the most beautiful cotton denim in the world. Now all that is gone.

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

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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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• 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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• 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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• Nothing’s faster than the Internet.

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• No one has ever found a solution for not doing a fashion show.

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• Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That’s human nature.

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• I wanted to be a designer since I was a kid, and I was always attracted to the way rock stars dressed and the way their girlfriends dressed. I always thought that they were the most interesting people.

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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 think whenever people talk about the ‘Anna Sui woman,’ they’re talking about someone that’s probably kind of more downtown, and there’s always like this ambiguity: Is she a good girl, or a bad girl?

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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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• 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 think about that all of the time and I have this fantasy that I am going to work at a museum someday! I would love to do something like that!

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• I never intended being a business person I wanted to be a fashion designer.

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• I love research. When there’s something that I like, I want to know everything about it. I want to know exactly what was behind it, and where it went from there.

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• I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.

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Anna Sui (35)

Birth:	4th August, 1964
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Fashion Designer

About

Anna Sui was born in Detroit, Michigan. She is an American fashion designer. Sui is one of the most celebrated names in American fashion, known for her timeless designs and ability to transcend eras with historical and culturally inspired collections. 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 worldwide luxury fashion brand includes clothing, shoes, cosmetics, eyewear, and accessories, as well as her renowned line of signature fragrances. Anna Sui products are sold through her free-standing stores and distributors around the world in over 50 countries. In 2006, Fortune estimated the collective value of Sui's fashion empire at over $400 million.

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