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Anna Sui
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OverviewAI-generated
Anna Sui is a Japanese fashion designer who began her professional career in 1981. She has authored several books, including *Nineties X Anna Sui*, *Fashion Reimagined*, *Anna Sui*, *Anna Sui Fashion Idea Book*, and *Anna Sui Paper Dolly Parade*. Her work has been referenced by 423 other encyclopedia articles.
Sui has expressed views on her design philosophy, stating that she is "always about optimism and exuberance" and that "longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction." She has also noted that "the sexiest thing about a bikini is that it leaves something to the imagination." Additionally, she remarked that clients do not expect her to be "another Establishment designer."
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Nineties X Anna Sui
- Fashion Reimagined
- Anna Sui
- Anna Sui Fashion Idea Book
- Anna Sui Paper Dolly Parade
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 2019-06
Discography
- MYWAY2021
- 感情解放戦線2021
- 側にあるもの2021
- SYMPHONY SYMPATHY2021
- ランナーズハイ2021
- THE SIGN2022
- MONSTER BITE2022
- GO OVER!!!2022
- MONSTER BITE EP2022
- LIFE2023
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 174
- Total plays
- 623
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Anna+Sui">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,635x
- Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales.
· 1988 · cited 29,293x
- Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cation decolorization assay
· 1999 · cited 21,351x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,294x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “They don't need me to be another Establishment designer. That's not what I'm good at...”
- “With the way that the times are, we're all looking for a little fantasy... Fantasy is such an important part of my fashion...”
- “I'm always about optimism and exuberance. It's what I feel about fashion.”
- “Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.”
- “The sexiest thing about a bikini is that it leaves something to the imagination, which is the best part.”
- “You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense. How could this young girl from the suburbs of Detroit become a success in New York? It was always that dream.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1955-08-04 ) August 4, 1955 (age 70) , Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- Education
- Parsons School of Design
- Occupation
- Fashion designer
- Labels
- Anna Sui Dolly Girl by Anna Sui Anna Sui Mini Anna Sui Vision The Souvenir Shop Anna Sui
- Awards
- CFDA Perry Ellis New Talent Award, Time – Top 5 Fashion Icons of the Decade , CFDA Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award , Bravo A-List Award , Classic Icon of Fashion and Design, Identities – Leadership in the Arts Award , 2017 Honorary Doctorate Recipient, The New School
- Website
- annasui .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anna
- Family name
- Xiao
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dearborn Heights
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Educated at
- Parsons School of Design
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Official website
- annasui.com
- Image
- Annasuioffice.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- relative
- Chase Sui Wonders
- date of birth
- 1955-00-00
- Commons category
- Anna Sui
- ethnic group
- Han Chinese people
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- social media followers
- 36983
- ancestral home
- China
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Japanese name Kanaアナスイ
Anna Sui (Chinese: 蕭志美; pinyin: Xiāo Zhìměi; born August 4, 1955) is an American fashion designer. Her brand categories include several fashion lines, footwear, cosmetics, fragrances, eyewear, jewelry, accessories and home goods.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anna Sui” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.