Anna Sui has always been one of my top favorite designers over all these years. Though I missed her show last Thursday that was the 7th day of New York Fashion Week because I am currently in Europe, my passion for Sui’s design has urged me to write about the collection. Only by seeing the pictures can remind me of a typical Anna Sui collection that couldn’t have possibly come from anyone else. I saw many similarities between this Fall/Winter 2010 and other seasons such as Fall/Winter 2008 and 2009 collections. Art nouveau esque aestheticism has exercised an enormous influence in shaping a typical Sui look, which is full of art deco motifs with tons of patterns and handmade touches and American Indian ethnic feel. We love seeing how Anna Sui keeps her stylistic integrity and never stops marching to the beat of her own drum, but always remains relevant and gorgeous. In this post you are gonna see lots of prints and decoration as well as a summary of some distinctive designs mostly found in her collections. After all, like what makeup master Pat Mcgrath said, “Anna is talking about arts, crafts and colors, and lots of decoration.”

Feature 1: Lots of prints and colors to accent the look with the handcrafted chunky necklaces and fur trimmed boots adding a touch of American Indian/Bohemian ethnic style as a whole
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