Renowned fashion designer Anna Sui recounts her formative influences, including being taken to a textile store to purchase Chinese garments during her first trip to visit her grandparents. Having a mother who studied painting and talked about art and a father who was an architect also contributed to influencing her art and style. She also attributes her interest in fashion to natural inclination and personality, and recounts collecting inspiring things which helped her develop her own style as a fashion designer. By incorporating these various influences into her style, she was able to create an inspired collection of Chinese fabrics. What became her Tibetan Surfer Collection was drawn from outfits people wore at the Tibetan freedom concert.