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Anna Sui surfs the French New Wave
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You could tell Anna Sui was cooking up something très, très Francais from the moment you stepped inside the tent and took your seat, serenaded by a series of ‘60s (and thereabouts) French pop songs. Another tip-off -- her program, entitled “Nouvelle Vague” (or New Wave).
Ahhhh, oui, oui, but of course -- La Sui, she is paying homage to the French New Wave, a group of maverick French...
Read more »Anna Sui's punk gals rock out
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The Anna Sui girl of seasons past — dressed in sweet and perky-print babydolls and prairie skirts — has got a bit of a ‘tude this season. Punk rock comes into play in a big way for this collection, from head (pink and turquoise hair) to toe (ripped fishnet stockings). Of course, this is Sui . . . so what could be dark or harsh is still playful and light.
Her standard print-mixing is there...
Read more »Anna Sui's sweet hooters
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Anna Sui shows can often be like your favorite roller coaster ride—full of exuberance, colorful highs and lows, and a certain…familiarity. We’ve been on this track before, you see, so we know basically what to expect—the crazy, kitschy prints, dizzying color combos, a whole lotta babydoll dresses.
Not this time. Oh, it’s kitschy, colorful and eccentric, all right, but also…elegant. ...
Read more »Anna Sui swoops in on the '70s
Helloooo, 1970s. Anna Sui has a flair for that decade, and once again she mines it for all its Jerry Hall fabulousness. But this is not just a tossed-together clutch of bell bottoms, Qiana shirts and puka shells. Sui’s strength is her great knowledge of — and reverence for — trends of the time. So, along with the crocheted cardigans, the turbans, the marabou shrugs swiped from...
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