Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.

From the season I did the butterfly faux tattoos on the models on the runway, every collection we do has to have a butterfly t-shirt or trim or print. People come to me for butterflies!

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?

Fashion should be fun and accessible.

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.

When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.

Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.