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Fashion Letter: Anna Sui
Feb. 19th, 2009 02:41 pm[mood| 
jubilant]
[music| "Kill the Lights" - Britney Spears]
Dear Anna Sui,
Words cannot possibly describe how I felt about your show for F/W '09. I had to look at it a second time because, the first time around, I was too busy gaping (and gasping) at the models walking your show. I was in the middle of my Honors class stifling my awe as I fangirled in my chair, letting out inner squees of joy. I could only take so much as I flicked through the slideshow on Style.com as some of my favorite models walked down your runway, in this order: Agyness Deyn (Who not only opened, but closed the show as well. Her first appearance in NYC, thus far), Sasha Pivovarova, Natasha Poly, Lily Donaldson, Lara Stone, Snejana Onopka, and Vlada Roslyakova. Also in your show were some of my other favorites: Kinga Rajzak, Jourdan Dunn, Jessica Stam (!!), Liu Wen, Du Juan, and, on occasion, Katrin Thormann. Not to mention models that are quickly becoming popular on and off the runway: Hanne Gaby Odiele, Isabeli Fontana (well, she's been around, but she's starting to get work again since having a baby), Iris Strubegger, and Toni Garrn. It was as though you delivered a one, two punch to the part of my heart reserved for the fashion industry.
So now that my fangirlishness has subsided, let's talk about the clothes.
I love you, Anna; I really do. And your clothes are fabulous in all of their Victorian England-inspired ways. I almost bought one of your dresses a couple of seasons back for prom. It was either that or this AMA-zing black cocktail dress from Chloe with this lovely black bow that tied at the waist. I loved both of them on me. The dressing room girls at Nordstrom's loved both of them on me. I was gunning for a two-fer when my mom looked at the price tags and put her foot down, crushing both mine and the dressing room girls' dreams. Needless to say, I have moved on, though, both dresses have been imprinted in my memory.
Anyways, I'm starting to feel as though I'm seeing a lot of the same things. I understand that each designer has the special something about them, that signature bit that keeps customers season after season. For the boys of Proenza Schouler, it's the faux-corset/busier bodice. For Hussein Chalayan, it's the structural, almost other-worldly aesthetic that pushes the boundaries of what can be produced for the industry/what defines what is in "style". For you, dear Anna, it seems to be your penchant for lace and Victorian details. And again; I have no problems with that. In fact, I liked your line a lot this season. The boots were incredibly cute and looked, surprisingly, practical in comparison to some of the other offers I've seen thus far (Laura and Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte, I have a bone to pick with you. Great boots, but how the hell would you get those bad boys on?), and some of the details of the dresses were fun and flirty; something I've come to expect from you. I also enjoyed the dresses near the end with the moon-and-bling encrusted headbands and the little moon brooches on the dresses themselves.
But, like I said before, I feel like I've seen a lot of this before. All I ask is for a bit of a surprise the next time I see your line on the runways.
With love,
Mia
jubilant][music| "Kill the Lights" - Britney Spears]
Dear Anna Sui,
Words cannot possibly describe how I felt about your show for F/W '09. I had to look at it a second time because, the first time around, I was too busy gaping (and gasping) at the models walking your show. I was in the middle of my Honors class stifling my awe as I fangirled in my chair, letting out inner squees of joy. I could only take so much as I flicked through the slideshow on Style.com as some of my favorite models walked down your runway, in this order: Agyness Deyn (Who not only opened, but closed the show as well. Her first appearance in NYC, thus far), Sasha Pivovarova, Natasha Poly, Lily Donaldson, Lara Stone, Snejana Onopka, and Vlada Roslyakova. Also in your show were some of my other favorites: Kinga Rajzak, Jourdan Dunn, Jessica Stam (!!), Liu Wen, Du Juan, and, on occasion, Katrin Thormann. Not to mention models that are quickly becoming popular on and off the runway: Hanne Gaby Odiele, Isabeli Fontana (well, she's been around, but she's starting to get work again since having a baby), Iris Strubegger, and Toni Garrn. It was as though you delivered a one, two punch to the part of my heart reserved for the fashion industry.
So now that my fangirlishness has subsided, let's talk about the clothes.
I love you, Anna; I really do. And your clothes are fabulous in all of their Victorian England-inspired ways. I almost bought one of your dresses a couple of seasons back for prom. It was either that or this AMA-zing black cocktail dress from Chloe with this lovely black bow that tied at the waist. I loved both of them on me. The dressing room girls at Nordstrom's loved both of them on me. I was gunning for a two-fer when my mom looked at the price tags and put her foot down, crushing both mine and the dressing room girls' dreams. Needless to say, I have moved on, though, both dresses have been imprinted in my memory.
Anyways, I'm starting to feel as though I'm seeing a lot of the same things. I understand that each designer has the special something about them, that signature bit that keeps customers season after season. For the boys of Proenza Schouler, it's the faux-corset/busier bodice. For Hussein Chalayan, it's the structural, almost other-worldly aesthetic that pushes the boundaries of what can be produced for the industry/what defines what is in "style". For you, dear Anna, it seems to be your penchant for lace and Victorian details. And again; I have no problems with that. In fact, I liked your line a lot this season. The boots were incredibly cute and looked, surprisingly, practical in comparison to some of the other offers I've seen thus far (Laura and Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte, I have a bone to pick with you. Great boots, but how the hell would you get those bad boys on?), and some of the details of the dresses were fun and flirty; something I've come to expect from you. I also enjoyed the dresses near the end with the moon-and-bling encrusted headbands and the little moon brooches on the dresses themselves.
But, like I said before, I feel like I've seen a lot of this before. All I ask is for a bit of a surprise the next time I see your line on the runways.
With love,
Mia