World of Anna Sui

Description

Anna Sui is one of New York's most beloved and accomplished fashion designers, known for creating contemporary original clothing inspired by spectacular amounts of research into vintage styles and cultural arcana. She is especially famous for her textile prints. Sui joined New York's intensely creative cultural underground in the 1970s, forging important relationships in the worlds of fashion, photography, art, music, and design. The World of Anna Sui looks at Sui's eclectic career as a designer and artist, both through her clothing and studio. Through interviews with fashion journalist Tim Blanks, the book explores Sui's lifelong engagement with fashion archetypes - the rocker, the schoolgirl, the punk, the goth, the bohemian - and reveals their inspiration and influence. Complete with detailed photographs of garments, sketches, moodboards, runway shots, and cultural ephemera, The World of Anna Sui is an inside look at this iconic New York designer with a worldwide cult following.

Tim Blanks is editor-at-large for The Business of Fashion. He was the editor-at-large of Style.com, and has been the site's principal show reporter since 2006. He resides in London.

" DELVE into the world of one of New York's most accomplished fashion designers and see how Anna Sui comes up with her most eclectic designs. Her quirky style is celebrated for its fabulous vintage flair and her collections are admired around the globe leafing through the pages of this book it isn't hard to see why. Take an in-depth look at the designer's career with interviews, sketches, mood boards and runway shots, as well as some candid backstage snaps. A must-read for all eccentric fashionistas." * Daily Mail *