Quotes By Anna Sui
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.
Anna Sui
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.
Anna Sui
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.
Anna Sui
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markets especially when I am traveling, because I love seeing the stuff of other cultures, handicrafts and things with historical content.
Anna Sui
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.
Anna Sui
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.
Anna Sui
To me if you're going have a show, it should be a show. It should be entertaining and take you on a journey.
Anna Sui
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.
Anna Sui
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.
Anna Sui
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.
Anna Sui
I have a big responsibility to my licenses. All my licenses draw from and take ideas from the runway.
Anna Sui
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.
Anna Sui
I love history. I love art. I like to mix it all together, but in the end it somehow has to all make sense.
Anna Sui
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.
Anna Sui
I always say the next big thing will happen in unexpected places - up and coming cities that aren't necessarily boom markets.
Anna Sui