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Daily Fashion & Runway News
Feb 19, 2009
With Jessica Szohr, Taylor Momsen, and Agyness Deyn.
Sep 10, 2009
With Blake Lively, Penn Badgley, Taylor Momsen and Jessica Szohr.
Everyone’s favorite Detroit-born dollybird, Sui’s always been boho to the bone, but in a way that’s more glam than granola. Think Biba-era London, rock-and-roll Victoriana, floppy hats, Empire-line flou, and peacock feathers—all atop the perfect pair of tough-chick boots. Sui started out in the eighties and debuted on the runway in 1991. Today, her patchwork-boudoir aesthetic is instantly recognizable in her clothing, her store design, even in her beauty packaging. It’s a true lifestyle brand, and business continues to boom: She’s got a Soho flagship, 32 boutiques, international cult status (particularly in Asia), a successful beauty line, and the pièce de resistance: the Anna Sui BoHo Barbie®.
“There is an artistry in Ms. Sui's mix of art and fashion: she celebrates the cheap and asks you to question the expensive.”—Alex Kuczynski The New York Times
“Ms. Sui never panders. Ruled by the music she discovers, she has lately been tuned into the Goth scene, unsettling stuff from the Cure (the group's lead singer, Robert Smith, is her new friend) and from Bauhaus…. But nothing is ever one-dimensional with Ms. Sui.”—Amy M. Spindler The New York Times
“To her fans, watching the new and different ways she loops together her encyclopedic appreciation of fashion history each season is nothing less than a pure delight.”—Nicole Phelps Style.com
Anna Sui