AS A KID growing up in Detroit in the 1970s, Anna Sui knew she wanted to be a fashion designer. She was especially drawn to the colorful designs of Biba, a British brand influential in the ’60s ...

The four people we honor in this month’s issue represent both paths. On one hand, there is the fashion designer Anna Sui, who, from the start of her namesake line 40 years ago, has rendered in ...

Anna Sui is clearly in the throes of a heavy-duty blue crush. Her spring collection was centered on the modern teenage surfer girl—a descendant of the Gidgets of yore, just as feminine but far ...