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.

I always say the next big thing will happen in unexpected places - up and coming cities that aren't necessarily boom markets.

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.

You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense.

What people look to me for is a whole look. People come to me for icing on the cake, not a basic stretch pant.

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?

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