Through hardship to the stars
A future fashion designer was born in Detroit, Michigan. It happened on August 4, 1964. Fashion began to interest the girl from the very childhood. The girl, when her fashion magazines fell into her hands, with a huge excitement, cut out from their pages models of clothes that she had to taste, after that she pasted them into her folders. Just these cuttings as a result and became the main factor that inspired Anna to create her own collection of clothes. In addition to the magazine clippings, she showed her talent for the first time in her childhood, dressing up her puppets and her friend's soldiers in colorful costumes, which she dashingly made from rags of various fabrics.
When Sui turned 17 years old, she firmly decided to study the art of fashion design. The girl to master this profession became a student of the prestigious educational institution - Parson School of Design. It was there that Anna's acquaintance with the future star of world photography Stephen Meisel, who invited the girl to become a stylist in his photography, happened. But neither this, nor the subsequent experience of work to the future fashion designer has brought any special results.
After graduating from college, Anna tries herself by working in many children's clothing companies. Actively tries to produce models. Only in 1981 Anna Sui founded her own brand. Aspustya ten years, in 1991, with the support of her friends Linda Evangelists and Naomi Campbell, Sui organizes his first show of a new collection of pret-a-porter. As a result of the popularity of these two supermodels, the young fashion designer's collection was noticed by fashion journalists and began to enjoy immense popularity amongst buyers. Anna easily fixed the niche of a talented designer for her name. At its show, the designer presented to the audience a collection full of romanticism and was not mistaken. The show was crowned with success, and the work of Sui continued with the cooperation with new customers. Most fashion business professionals responded with great approval and respect for the new designer. So, for example, an influential newspaper called The New York Times published on its pages an entire article dedicated to AnneSui, in which she called the designer a designer of the year. And very soon, Sui receives a real award of the model industry in the nomination "New talent in the fashion world."
Her "puppet" empire
Anna Sui, inspired by her achievements, already in 1991 opens her very first boutique in one of Soho's New York districts. This boutique was created in the design of the original taste of the most fashion designer: lavender walls, red floors, vintage interior, black furniture and bizarre dummies that had doll heads. By the way, all the other boutiques that the fashion designer soon discovered in the US, Japan, Germany, Italy and France were decorated by Anna in such an unusual style. The brand of Anna Sui has grown very sharply at the international level. And as for her cult fashion shows, they always remembered (what is happening to this day) a real fairy tale filled with magic, paints and wonders. Perhaps, it is precisely this eccentricity that attracts the attention of most of the colleagues in the shop and customers who are immediately enrolled in the ranks of the permanent. Courteney Love, Patricia Arquette, Cher, Paris Hilton, Misha Barton, Blake, Lindsay Lohan, Christina Ricci, Naomi Campbell, James Icha and Sofia Coppola are far from being the entire list of celebrities who are regular customers of Anna Sui's house.
Other lines
Persistent fans always demand from the fashion designer new ideas. The same goes for Sui, who enthusiastically embodied her ideas in creating a successful shoe line, and then also in the line of cosmetics, perfumes and accessories. Shoes designer for the first time in 1994 showed a naosennem fashion show. Produced in Italy, such shoes are perfect not only for daytime, but also for evening time. They are made of such materials as silk, velvet, lacquered leather lizards and snakes, sheep wool and mamsham.
In 1999, the world saw her first perfume, which Anna Suinarekl in the only inherent in her one romantic-doll-style "Dreams". Then, after another, such flavors as "Sweet Love" (2002), "Swami Doll Love" (2003), "Oh, Love" (2004), "Secret Desire" (2005) and a dozen magical aromas. All perfumes are created for the romantic girls who believe in miracles and sorcery. In one word, the world of Anna Sui's fragrances is real magic. After all, whoever but Anna can always so skillfully accurately determine and implement in the wonderful fragrances all the requirements of modern fashionistas. The result justifies itself: luxurious perfumes have received a huge success among the admirers of Sui.
On this all the fashion designer does not stop, and in 2009 becomes a partner of the company "Target" in order to create a new clothing line that combines the style of the Upper East Side. Inspired by the fashion designer for this popular TV series "Gossip Girl". This collection had limited circulation and became available in September of the same year, within just a couple of weeks. Also in the beginning of 2009, a children's clothing line called "Anna SuiMini" debuted. After that, Anna Sui signed a contract with Samsung Electronics.
Anna Swikak's achievements
All the well-known publications called Anna Sui a fashion designer who does not typically spend a long time weighing all the pros and cons, but for those who like to just create.
Plus, Anna was able to enter the honorary top-list of the best icons of the fashion style of the decade, which was compiled by Time magazine.
In 2009, the designer receives the award of the prestigious American Award, which is presented by the Council of Modelers. This award is awarded to emerging people, whose contribution to the American fashion is considered to be one of the highest.
Anna Sui also succeeded in replenishing the ranks of such famous designers as Giorgio Armani, Yves Saint Laurent, Diane von Furstenberg, Bill Blass and Ralph Lauren. All these designers were rewarded with a contribution to the world of fashion.
By the way, in 2006 the magazine "Fortune" gave an estimation to AnnaSui's brand, estimating it in 400 million dollars.
Anna Sui already in 2010 introduced the fashion world with her new collection at the final show showAmeric Next Top Model.