I was always attracted to the way rock stars dressed and the way their girlfriends dressed. - Anna Sui

...all the formulas have flown out of the window.

I'm always about optimism and exuberance. It's what I feel about fashion.

The man that owned the company that I worked for called me into the office and said how can you be on our payroll and have your own New York Times ad! This has to stop! And I said but it can't I have orders to ship. And he said well you're fired. And that's how I started my business.