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Anna Sui
38 quotes
“They don't need me to be another Establishment designer. That's not what I'm good at...”
Anna Sui (born 1964) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: via Gerston, Jill. The Toast of New York: Anna Sui Mixes Grunge With Disco. Los Angeles Times (November 13, 1992).
“With the way that the times are, we're all looking for a little fantasy... Fantasy is such an important part of my fashion...”
Anna Sui (born 1964) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: via Now Smell This. Anna Sui Secret Wish, Summer by Kenzo, Z Zegna & more new fragrances. Pennsylvania (March 29, 2005).
“I'm always about optimism and exuberance. It's what I feel about fashion.”
Anna Sui (born 1964) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: via Borrelli-Persson, Laird. Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear. Vogue (September 16, 2009).
“We manipulate fabric.”
Anna Sui (born 1964) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: via Vanderbilt, Tom. Made in Midtown: Meet Anna Sui. The Huffington Post (June 12, 2010).
“Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.”
Anna Sui (born 1964) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: via Nika, Colleen. "Exclusive: Anna Sui Discusses Her Spring 2012 Show and Punk Rock Heritage". Rolling Stone (September 14, 2011).
“The sexiest thing about a bikini is that it leaves something to the imagination, which is the best part.”
Anna Sui (born 1964) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: via WeConnectFashion. "USA Swimwear Market Research Report 2015". WeConnectFashion (2015).
“You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense. How could this young girl from the suburbs of Detroit become a success in New York? It was always that dream.”
Anna Sui (born 1964) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: via MBFashionWeek.com. IMG Worldwide. 2015.
“Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.”
“To stand out in the crowd I liked the color purple.”
“I read about two young ladies that went to Parsons, and when they graduated Elizabeth Taylor opened a store for them in Paris and I thought okay-that's all I have to do!”
“I think a dream can take you farther than anything.”
“I think that I appeal to the girliness in all of us.”
“The man that owned the company that I worked for called me into the office and said how can you be on our payroll and have your own New York Times ad! This has to stop! And I said but it can't I have orders to ship. And he said well you're fired. And that's how I started my business.”
“I'm still dreaming.”
“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.”
“I love research. I love learning...”
“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.”
“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?”
“It's kind of a dream come true, because to me fashion is not just the clothes, it's all the accoutrements that go with it...”
“I live for fashion.”
“I love the whole story of why something happened when it did and that’s what I put into the collections.”
“I don’t answer to anyone.”
“We do all the first samples here and all the production in the garment center, within these few blocks... I love the process.”
“... I am a New York designer and the things are made in New York...”
“I grew up in Middle America and in the suburbs...”
“American television is popular everywhere and its what I grew up on.”
“Be true to yourself and figure out what it is that you are good at.”
“I was always attracted to the way rock stars dressed and the way their girlfriends dressed.”
“When I am designing, I make a selection of music that will be the inspiration behind the whole collection... I will be blasting that music—it becomes a journey I take in my brain to transfer that sound to the clothing.”
“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 had a really typical, suburban, middle-class upbringing. The only thing out of the ordinary was being one of the few Chinese families in town.”
“I am inspired by New York...”
“My main goal when I started my collection – and I didn’t think beyond this actually – was that I wanted to dress rock stars and the people that go to rock concerts.”
“We picked up Madonna at The Ritz to go to the Gaultier show together, and she took off her coat. At this point she hadn’t even said a word to me, but she leaned over and said to me, Anna, I have a surprise for you, and she showed me she was wearing my dress.”
“I’ve known a lot of talented people but the people that really, really, achieve success – there is ambition, focus and drive behind it.”
“I bought a fur coat with my first pay cheque and it lived better than I did for years.”
“People create their own obstacles.”
“...all the formulas have flown out of the window.”