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Abstract Anna Sui is an internationally acclaimed fashion designer. Her hip, exuberant, original designs take you on a creative journey and mixes vintage styles with her current cultural obsessions. Whether inspired by Victorian cowboys, Warhol superstars or Finnish textile prints, her depth of cultural knowledge is always apparent. “When I’m interested in something, I want to know everything about it,” she says.Sui shares the memory of her first trip to visit her grandparents in China,...

Abstract Roger Brue McHayle’s bold, iconic tags cemented his street reputation as original and fearless in 1990s New York’s blossoming graffiti movement. Brooklyn born and bred, McHayle, upon graduation from The Cooper Union, founded the pioneering, urban clothing line, PNB Nation, with his multicultural street crew. Today, McHayle resides in Portland with his family and is an executive at Nike.McHayle, of mixed Chinese and Jamaican roots, grew up in Brooklyn, New York in a predominantly...