Anna Sui Quotes

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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.
• 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…
• A piece of fabric can get me going.
• 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…
• I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.
• I never intended being a business person I wanted to be a fashion designer.
• 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…
• 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…
• I love history. I love art. I like to mix it all together, but in the end it somehow has to all make sense.
• 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…
• No one has ever found a solution for not doing a fashion show.
• Nothing's faster than the Internet.
• To me if you're going have a show, it should be a show. It should be entertaining and take you on a journey.
• 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…
• When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.
• Every collection that I work on, I always think, Is this cool enough to wear to a concert?
• 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…
• 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…
• I live for fashion.
• I love going to flea markets especially when I am traveling, because I love seeing the stuff of other cultures, handicrafts and things with historical…

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