Style according to ... iconic designer Anna Sui, who made boho cool
The American fashion designer, beloved for her signature rock ’n’ roll style, reveals her favourite things, from hotels to style icons
Known for her boho-chic aesthetic and love for vintage fashion, Anna Sui is a New York icon. The Detroit native has called the city home since the 1970s, when she studied at Parsons School of Design and met one of her long-time friends, photographer Steven Meisel. Sui established her eponymous label in 1981, eventually expanding into beauty and fragrance.
This month, the designer is releasing a book, The Nineties x Anna Sui, paying homage to that pivotal decade in her career. Here, she shares her favourite finds from Manhattan and beyond.
What I’m watching
My all-time favourite films are Priest of Love, The Night, Juliet of the Spirits, The Damned, The Leopard and Performance. England’s Dreaming; Please Kill Me; Mabel Dodge Luhan: New Woman, New Worlds; When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion are some of my favourite books. I’m currently reading New Worlds and The Life of an Outsider.
Instagram accounts I follow
I follow antique fabric stores @tinseltrading and @starchedandcrumpled, vintage dealers @fd_gallery and @josephsaidianandsonsjewelry, and @rg_bunny2 and @weirdtvland.
My go-to beauty products
From my line, I use the Sui Black – Cream Blush, which looks black but blends to a blush, and Sui Black – Rouge, which also looks black and goes on as a blush. For skincare, I use Clearstem and for hair, R+Co.