Anna Sui Resort 2024 Collection
“I love to transport my customer. I love to make the dream.” Anna Sui on her Resort 2024 Collection, a magical and dreamy line that would send any 90’s crazed shopper in a frenzy. Anna’s latest collection titled “Impressionistic Dreams” sees her designs leaning on impressionism and its modern descendants as an inspiration, fitting a collection that explores lust and human nature. Graphic baby tees were styled under slip dresses and paired with Cargo jeans, a look you had to have lived through to remember – think Fioanna Apple, Cameron Diaz, Britney Spears, leading figures in 90s fashion that made the trends. We loved every single look from the line, see the Anna Sui Resort 2024 collection below.
“I chose Impressionist Art as the inspiration because it makes me dream. I think so much of today is so immediate and thrown away. We need something that makes us dream, makes us desire, and makes us yearn. The longing and anticipation are sometimes better than the actual fulfillment.
I love the softness of Impressionist paintings by Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Claude Monet, and Edna Morisot. The color is diffused and often there are many colors layered to achieve this.
I came across Danielle Dee Winters’s artwork of digitally printed versions of her multiple-exposure photos of butterflies. I loved especially the neon sparks of color. All of the prints in this collection have the impressionist’s “blur” of Monet’s waterlilies.
Most of the colors of the collection are pastel and inspired by the Peranakan ceramics that I collect. I love the lemon yellow, powder blue, and azalea pink. The fabrics have an opulence, with sequin embellishment, metallic faux leather, crushed velvets, and washed satin. There are many lingerie details with lace trims, sometimes enhanced with sequins, hand-dyed ombre ribbon, rainbow passementerie, prints on devoré, digitally printed 3D floral lace, printed sequins, and printed metal mesh. In addition, there are patchwork embroideries and appliqués, and embroidered shearling with faux-Mongolian trim.” – Anna Sui on the inspiration behind her collection.
“There’s been like a seismic shift… not only for how clothes are worn but also how they’re bought, how they’re sold,” she says. “It used to be that you needed to digest what was new. You’d see something and maybe you wouldn’t even like it at first, but then you would see somebody wearing it and then suddenly thought, ‘Oh, I’ve gotta get that.’ I think it’s human nature… We’re not giving ourselves that opportunity. Everything is new, new, new.” – Anna tells Fashionista on her Resort 2024 Collection
We love the Anna Sui x Clio Peppiatt collaboration crystal beaded bags, made from recycled acrylic beads and the color-coordinated Daisy Chain chokers. The other accessories include Marabou boas with hand-dyed ribbon and Marabou Chubbies, bags made from collection fabrics, and sheer tulle ruffle gloves and crinkle socks.
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Credits:
Models
América González (@saiyanbride)
Tianna St. Louis (@tiannast.louis)
Photographer: Joshua Jordan (@joshuajordan1)
Digital Tech: Nathan Martin (@nathanmmartin)
Photo Assistants: Joe Pluchino (@joeypixx),Indio Pluchino
Makeup: Pat McGrath Labs (@patmcgrathlabs_contact)
Hair: Bobby Tochterman for GARREN at R+Co BLEU (@thebobbymichael, @garrennewyork, @randcobleu)
Producer: Isabelle Sui (@isamermaidsui), Assisted by Eva Cass (@evamaedesigns)
BTS Photo: Gerardo Somoza (@gerardosomozaphotography_)
Collaborations & Artist Partnerships:
Bags by Clio Peppiatt (info@cliopeppiatt.co.uk)
Anna Sui x Clio Peppiatt
Black: Smoke Heart Quartz Crystal
Rainbow: Rainbow Quartz Crystal Bag
Orange/Purple: Anna Quartz Crystal Bag
All are ‘Recycled Acrylic Beads’
Butterfly graphic by Danielle Dee Winter (@danielle_bhavya_winter)
Jewelry by Bonnie Robbins, daisychains.net (@daisy__chains)
Hair clips by Medusa’s Heirlooms (https://medusaheirlooms.com/)
Graphic Tee Designs: Artwork by Masayuki Ogisu (@masayukiogisu)
Graphic Tee Designs: Artwork by Ken Sigafoos (@kensigafoos)
