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Anna Sui, America’s Most Underrated Fashion Designer

Tim Blanks reflects on the career of Anna Sui, who opens an exhibition this week at London’s Fashion and Textile Museum.
Designer of namesake label, Anna Sui.
Designer of namesake label, Anna Sui. (Joshua Jordan)

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Further Reading

Anna Sui’s Blithe Spirit

With price points inevitably rising — Sui said a designer with her inclinations might as well go for broke. Every dime she spent was on the catwalk — and it looked even better than that.

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Tim Blanks
Tim Blanks

Tim Blanks is Editor-at-Large at The Business of Fashion. He is based in London and covers designers, fashion weeks and fashion’s creative class.

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