Well, my whole thing is that I'm kind of like a show-off!

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.

I don't have the luxury of making clothes just to make an effect. It can't be something totally frivolous, because my distributors have to have a successful season, too.

Every collection that I work on, I always think, Is this cool enough to wear to a concert?

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?

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 love history. I love art. I like to mix it all together, but in the end it somehow has to all make sense.